Atahualpa

he also gives a good explanation of the Incan culture and belief. While Diaz mentioned that one way of torturing Montezuma was by bringing him in front of the people who were being burned the same pattern repeats itself in the Incan empire. When Atahualpa was killed by the Spanish conquerors, the latter tried to avoid burning him in fear of causing more problems in the society: “And to fulfill the sentence they burned some of his hair with a piece of straw” . These actions of the Spanish could…

trading aspects back in the 16th century are insignificant. The Conquest of Mexico was basically the capture of the Aztec Empire, which was ruled by emperor Montezuma. The Conquest of Peru was the capture of the Inca Empire, which was ruled by emperor Atahualpa. With these cruel and tragic events, the culture and history of these civilizations might have had an impact to Europe. During the Conquest of Mexico, Hernan Cortes, leader of the Spanish army, initiated the attack by deceiving the Aztec…

They owned majority of the Andes mountain region. No one was brave enough to face their military might. Around 1532 the Inca were attacked by the Spaniards and their leader, Atahualpa, was killed. They were conquered and all that belonged to the Inca now belonged to the Spaniards. Without the Inca, the countries of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina would not be the same…

Introduction Is the United States dominance as a country related to what Jared Diamond terms in his book Gun, Germs and Steel as the Yali’s question? Where Mr. Yali Jared Diamond’s New Guinean friend who was a politician asked him the reason why it was mainly the whites who developed so much consignment and brought it to New Guinea but they the black people had little shipment to call their own?” Yali’s use of the term cargo/ shipment/consignment connotes material goods such as steel axes,…

Ponce De Leon’s early life consisted of him sailing with Pizarro and Columbus when he was on his first journey with Pizarro he was one of his men and the one that kidnapped and killed the Incan Emperor Atahualpa. When he sailed with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage he encountered natives again and brutally murdered them,pillaged,and took all of the tribe’s resources for the glory of Spain and for Christopher Columbus. Once Juan Ponce De Leon set sail with about 200 men(Including his…

The Spanish Empire was one of the largest empires in the world and became one of the first global empires in world history. The Empire had its ups and downs but for the most part, it was constantly making progress. During the 15th and 16th centuries, Columbus and the Pinzon brothers set sail west and ended up in the Bahamas. Later, Diego Columbus established the first secure Spanish colony at Santo Domingo. In 1515, The Spanish complete the conquest of Cuba and establish the town of Havana. The…

Yali, who is a politician friend of Jared Diamond asks him a question of “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo ... but we black people had a little cargo of our own?” (Diamond p.14). Basically what he means is that why do European differ from a majority of the world in term of material goods(cargo). Why is that the white advanced more, had more technology, and more luxuries? Yali wonders, is it because the white race was more intelligent(more superior)than the rest of the…

Spanish Empire in the Americas 1. Columbus believed that the Taino were too trusting and gullible, as well as easily pleased and controlled, which led the Spanish to think that they could take advantage of the natives. This is shown through the actions of the Spanish against the native population and in Columbus’s journal, when he wrote that the Taino were delighted with items of small value, became attached to them, and accepted anything with goodwill when they traded. For example, Montezuma,…

the center for trade during the sixth century. Teotihuacan declined after a few centuries, believed to be caused by an invasion or internal conflicts. A new civilization came around in 900 and dominated Central Mexico- the Toltecs, a militaristic group. Riot broke out in the civilization after a ruler called Topiltzin encouraged the worship of a change in religions. This caused the decline of the Toltec civilization. • Obsidian: the most valuable trade item in Teotihuacan; a green or black…

aiming to set up colonies but the lands were controlled by foreign nation. In 1519 Hernando Corte’s which is a Spanish adventurer lands in Mexico. A Spanish Conquer Francisco Pizzaro leads to Peru and subdues Inca. Then he kills Inca ruler named Atahualpa and defeats the Inca. Spanish and native Americans have large mixed population because the native American women and Spanish men have children. Encomienda system Spanish force native Americans to work for them. In 1530 the Portuguese settles…