Inca

On May 27, 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was officially open to the public.The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge that connects San Francisco with Marin County.It was the longest suspension bridge in the world until 1964 when the Verrazano Narrows Bridge was built in New York.It is the only route that connects San Francisco with Marin County and about 112,000 cars cross it every day.That concludes to about 41 million cars a year. During the early 1800s to early 1900s, the only route to…

The forty legions I woke up this morning and walked to the field i am a inca a slave to the aztecs we are supposed to donate slaves every year to be sacrificed. we feed them all the work is done buy us all the other slaves hate me and my family i am poor have no money for food so i have to steal it from my neighbors field every day so my family can survive. i walk to the field to get wheat for my wife to make tortillas. I then go to the well to get water when i get there i see my sister…

During the spring break of my sophomore year of high school, I was given the opportunity to volunteer with A.E Finley YMCA. I had been going to the YMCA since I could talk and walk, and I was thrilled to be given the opportunity. However, this wasn’t normal volunteering at the YMCA 2 miles down the road, it was a volunteer mission trip in Lima, Peru. At that point in my life, I never even thought about anywhere outside of Raleigh. I had been to Pittsburgh, PA to visit family, but that was the…

are you from?” or the ever famous “What are you?” Whilst a simple a question, I always over complicate the answer. I have never been just one thing. My parents have strong Peruvian roots, born and raised with several generations tracing back to the Incas. However, they moved to Argentina during their young adulthood, where they eventually met through mutual friends and had me. I was raised in Argentina until the ripe age of five. Around that time, my dad had managed to get green cards for my…

“The Discovery and Conquest of Early America from 1492-1776” The New World and the Struggle to Build a Nation A quick overview of early explorers and European settlers in the New World, with analysis of their methods, principles, religions, and treatment of indigenous populations, leading to the destruction of Ancient Empires and establishment of new colonies. Starting in the late 1400’s, Spain began looking towards the West, across the Atlantic Ocean, to expand their growing empire. Recent…

Along the south coast of Peru in the 3rd – 5th century CE, people from area drew the outlines of animals, plants, and geometric shapes into the sand, now known as the Nazca geoglyphs. Unlike most art of the time, these were on a monumental scale as some were 400+ feet long and straight lines were continuous for 1,000+ feet, stopping at a pile of stones. This pile of stones is important because it links to a ritual of Peruvians still in use today – ceremonial walking. Just as modern ceremonial…

Collect at least one Significant Quote from the text. “The rapid fall of the Aztec and the Inca empires demonstrated the power of European technology. The agrarian class of the Indian societies of South America lacked the farm animals, wheeled vehicles, and plows for efficient production, requiring stern oversight by the empires’s upper classes…

I love meeting new people. I love traveling and experiencing new places. Learning about different ways of life and how people are connected to each other in the world makes me feel alive and involved in a unique way that transcends geography. I also love biology. Over my school years, biology is the academic subject that I’ve been most drawn to because it fascinates and encourages -me to challenge my mind to think in new ways. Additionally, oddly enough, biology connects my love of science…

History is the recording of past events in time. The record keeping of our past is the reason we have what we have today; everything from government and military ideas all the way down to tradition and religion. If it was not for people keeping a record of everything that happened, whether it be good or bad, it is what helped shape the human race and evolve us into what we have become today. Although every group of people has their own structure and belief systems, the reason behind why they are…

During the 1700s and 1900s Europeans were expanding all around the world. Some counties had a lust for exploration while others lusted for colonization and larger markets. The force behind European expansion during this time was, Europe’s early commercial revolution. This expansion lead to new and unknown goods being brought into the European markets. Expansion lead Europe to acquire a global empire that resulted in a world defined by a transcultural phenomena. The world’s reaction to this…