Conquistador

one is for sure. For the Aztecs they were conquered by Hernan Cortes. Everyone is for sure about that. For the Inca disease came which caused some deaths. The other thing that caused deaths was being conquered. The reason for disease is when the conquistadors came they brought all kinds of disease. Most people didn’t even know they carried…

Civilizations rise and fall. The mighty Roman Empire collapsed. The Aztec Empire collapsed. The Soviet Union collapsed. Historians know well why these great civilizations fell, but there were some civilization collapses that are still a mystery or at least debated like the Indus Valley civilization and the Greenland Norse. The Greenland Norse were a civilization of Vikings in Greenland that existed for about 400 years before disappearing. Who were the Greenland Norse and why did they fall?…

The purpose of this paper is to compare two articles concerning the natives in the Americas during and after the Spanish conquest. The first article is, The Pristine Myth: The Landscape of the Americas in 1492 by William M. Denevan who is a geography professor at the University of Wisconsin. His article is about the myths and ideas of the Europeans that the lands in much of America before the comings of the Spanish in the 1400s, were virgin lands, untouched by man with no man made environmental…

When the Spanish invaded the Incas, the steel swords of the conquistadors easily overtook the enemy’s bronze armor and stone weapons. Guns were another important aspect. Firearms were a technology none of the natives had ever seen before. This also helped the Europeans during battle, because the natives were so caught…

asked for baptism as they came to realize that they were being asked to adore a god who sacrificed himself for men instead of asking men to sacrifice themselves to gods, as the aztec religion demanded.” (page 251) The Natives believed that the conquistadors were gods themselves, and therefore listened to what they taught and must have believed them enough to convert willingly. Though the thousands of deaths could have been avoided, the America we know today would be much different because of…

For example, one Spanish conquistador, named Francisco Pizarro who sailed for Spain during the Age of Exploration, during the Battle of Cajamarca, captured the Incan Empire’s leader and promised to release him in exchange for a room filled with gold, however, even after his desires…

made about the American Indian experience? Well, I’ll tell you. From reading sources about different kings and Spanish settlers like How Cruel Were the Spaniards? I’ve learned that they were very cruel. As said in the passage, the Spanish word “conquistador” means “conqueror”, which if you ask me says it all. How can you be pleasant and not cruel if you are a conqueror? You can’t, the reason why the Spaniards had originally gone to the new world in search for wealth and Indian labor. This to me…

When the Columbus and the Spanish started to arrive to the new world, many myths of what happened during those times of conquest were made. Myths do not have to only be made up stories but could also be stories that hold some truth to them. Conquistadors Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortez and explores Christopher Columbus both came to believe they were perceived as gods by Natives. Many of this conclusions were made up by miscommunication and also self-benefits, mainly for titles and riches. In…

The Just Conduct in War or "Jus in Bello," is a concept of Just War Theory that aims to limit the actions of war, to provide international rules that guarantee justice and rights combatants, prisoners, civilians and their goods in conflicts. The genesis of this concept was mentioned by Francisco de Vittoria, considered the father of public international law, who postulated that the war should be strictly limited for the most disadvantaged, as Nardin (P.60) pointed out: “Vittoria insist that war…

The term Ajaw (or Ahau) appears in many early Colonial texts where writers used it as a generic synonym when they were referring to rulers and their domains. It was used when referring to the rulers or leaders that were Aztec, Maya, or Spanish without any discrimination of culture. Another reference for leader used in many of the writings during the Spanish colonization were the words 'tlatoani ' and 'tlahtocayotl. ' These words came from the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs. Nevertheless,…