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It’s What Makes the World Go Round Diversity is a well-known word, for it is understood that diversity means “a range of different things” or a variety. Furthermore, it is seen everywhere, every day, and in every way. However, despite that, it is my opinion that the word diversity goes far beyond the literal definition. Ordinarily, there is surface level diversity, different hair color or different shoe size, but then there is the kind of diversity where life is so exceptionally different from…

The Indus Valley Civilization is a 4600 year old civilization along the river Indus. It is believed that it coexisted with the two of the earliest civilizations known to mankind the Egyptian and the Mesopotamian states but was twice as much as their respective size. Though its counterparts in the west survived for a lot more time than the Harrapan civilization, it is considered to be a technological advanced and a prosperous rule. Although we are yet to decipher the language of the Harrapans…

Diseases were the most widspread and desastourus biological consequences of European exploration. Columbus brought smallpox to the Americas which infected Native Americans with the diseas. After 40 years of Columbus's arrival, both Aztec and inca civilizations collapsed from smallpox. The French colony, Saint Domingue, came to an end from many diseases as well. Tobacco and sugarcane lead to an urge for more labor, which demanded more slavry. Europ’s economy and population grew by receiving new…

In 1532, De Soto captured Atahualpa(emperor of the Inca). He made Atahualpa's people pay ransom by filling a room once with gold and twice with silver. Then he killed Atahualpa, violating his agreement to let him go free. That is so cruel, and evil. De Soto captured Tascalusa in Atahachi, and was taking…

and horses. Cortes and the Conquistadores "defeated the Aztecs and captured Tenochtitlan" (Dr. Kaz, Spain and Portugal, 02-13-17) in present day Mexico. There was another group of Conquistadores lead by "Francisco Pizarro in 1532, who diminished the Incas after his journey to Peru". (Dr. Kaz, Spain and Portugal,…

Pollan discusses the associated human desire for control that links us with the potato. Pollan interjects a review of potato cultivation history, beginning with the original polyculture in the Andes several millennia ago where in difficult terrain, the Incas worked with nature to grow thousands of types that protected the crop as a whole. This history ends…

create large geometrical and animal figures in the dry highlands. The shamans of the age would use the geoglyphs in specific rituals. What makes the geoglyphs so significant is that they are unique to the Andes and they had no parallel until the The Incas arranged sacred objects nearly a millennium later. The Nazca lines were a great…

CCOT Essay: Social and Economic Transformations During the years of 1492-1750, the Atlantic Ocean was first dormant before Christopher Columbus sailed there in the 15th century C.E. Afterwards, different types of transformations will be occurring for Africa, Western Europe, and the Americas. Including cash crops, needing of slaves for others labor, and the mixing of different cultures occurring at once. The main ones that’ll be mentioned for this essay on transformation is social which is the…

During the 1400’s all the way to the 1800’s, Spain was very successful in controlling land in the New World. It began when Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas in search of a new trade route to Asia. Many people soon discovered that it wasn’t Asia, but in fact a whole new world. But, they never colonized significant areas of North America. Central and South America was where the majority of Spanish settlements were found. Many people left Spain in search of a new beginning. Originally,…

made, in both cases there were individuals who were living on the land had no choice on the outcome of these agreement. The natives of the land had no say on the matter. For the Treaty of Tordesillas, it was the native Americans, such as the Aztec, Inca, and Taino. (Carl-Sue. Treaty of Tordesillas.) For the division of Germany, it was the Germans that had no input. (Wikipedia contributors. History of Germany…