2013 Failure of Spanish Armada In May 1588‚ the Spanish Armada left the Portuguese port of Lisbon‚ headed for England with more than 130 ships. Since their discovery of the New World almost 100 years before‚ the Spanish had built one of the wealthiest and most powerful empires on earth. King Philip II of Spain wanted to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I of England for both political and religious reasons. Elizabeth had assisted the Protestant rebels in the Netherlands to overthrow Spanish rule in the region
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Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who pillaged and explored the Mexican region of South America. Hernán’s early life was a very unique one. Even though he went to school for law‚ fate had him taking another profession. Hernán Cortés is widely known for his historic invasions and explorations. He tricked the Aztec empire and ultimately destroyed the powerful empire. Although his life was filled with excitement‚ riches‚ and fame‚ he died struggling with debts and other grievances. His early
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Beffa 4 The Songhai Empire Alex Beffa Global History April 9‚ 2012 Beffa 3 The Songhai‚ also known as the Songhay‚ was not only the last‚ but also the largest and greatest empire of western Africa between 1000 and 1600 ce.i The previous empire was the Mali empire. Songhai was just a client state at the port of Gao‚ which was a major trading port for trans-Saharan trade especially since it is located on the Niger river. When the Mali empire started to decline in the 14 th century‚ the
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Student Name: James McGlaze Geographical Setting: What continent? What Landforms? What important Places? The Aztecs were located on Meso-America‚ they came from North America. Mexico City is also built where Tenochtitlan was located. They were surrounded by mountains in the Valley of Mexico.They had unique temples and palaces. The faced other problems such as other tribes living in the area and this made it hard to settle down. The surrounding area was very swampy and had little level land to farm
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When empires expand‚ they all have a plan in mind on how and why they want to expand. It can differ from religious‚ wealth‚ or power reasons. It can also be with areas surrounding them or land far away. Simultaneously‚ empires can use similar military techniques‚ ways of keeping people in order‚ or ways of keeping up the economy. During the time of 1450 to 1800‚ the Spanish Empire and the Ottoman Empire responded to their empire building similarly in the idea that spreading their religion was their
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One reason the Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer the Aztec and Inca Empire rapidly is that 1. These empires had no standing armies 2. The Spanish had better weapons than the Aztecs and Incas did 3. The Spanish greatly outnumbered the Aztecs and Incas 4. The Aztec and Incas joined together to fight the Spanish Which was a major political change in Latin America in the 19th century? 1. The political power of the Roman Catholic Church has eliminated. 2. The right to vote was extended to all
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My people are the aztec. I will be telling you today about how the Aztecs live. They have very weird and disturbing way how to kill people. Twelfth century tribes in present-day Northern Mexico. The Mexica claimed that their homeland was a island called aztlan. Aztlan means the place of the white horn. Teotichlan was home to about 100‚000 people. Teotichlan was important because they believed their was met to make the fifth sun. All mexico rulers came from noble families. Tenochtitlan ruled as
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Zuma‚ a game with Aztec art and named after the Aztec King Montezuma‚ has seen over 17 million downloads. This popular puzzle game took the world by storm when it first launched. You’d never guess it‚ but the game is surprising addictive. The simplicity catches you off guard because you step into the role of a stone frog who shoots colored balls out of his mouth. Your goal is to get three of the same color or more to knock the color down. (-- removed HTML --) Enter the Ancient Aztec World (-- removed
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Before the great conquests roman lived with the policy of incorporation. But upon concurring so many land and city state roman government abandoned the policy of incorporation and they no longer brought her conquered subjects within the state. So they were not able to exercise these rights‚ thus concurred city state kept subjected and exploited by ruling aristocrats. Moreover governing aristocrats were devoted to their own interests more than to the interests of the country at large. They kept enrich
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when compared to later centuries. However‚ the assimilation of much of the Eurasian landmass into the Mongol empire as well as the later European exploration of the Americas contributed to the creation of prolonged global connections in which the world’s major continents were connected. Two of the most notable developments include the caravel‚ which aided European explorers in their conquest of the Americas‚ and the stirrup and composite bow‚ which the Mongols used to conquer Eurasia and eventually
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