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Latin American colonies during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were a hotbed of resentment and discontent among the lower castes of society. Indigenous and slave populations were brutalized and exploited in order to fill the coffers of aristocratic elites and foreign monarchies. Somewhere in the middle, a growing population of mixed-race ethnic groups found themselves ostracized and struggling to find their niche in life. News of foreign events and new philosophies and ideologies…

Beyond African Borders African history depicting its struggles and intimate connection with the world never ceases to mesmerize. In the past, Africans were forced out of their natural habitats but Africa could not be taken out them. They simply refused to give up customs and traditions, even in the face of adversity. In the present time, Africans write a somewhat different story of conflict and social turmoil. Since ancient times, Africans have endured a state of bondage, captured in their…

political, and social modes were introduced and native customs suppressed or destroyed. The high culture of Native American civilizations disappeared shortly after European contact. The sciences, mathematics, and literature that characterized Aztec and Inca society were disregarded by ethnocentric European conquistadores. In particular, thousands of Aztec books were burned by Catholic priests who considered them the work of the…

However, throughout the Andes, sources suggested that a even though under the Inca rule, the males were the rulers, yet the power was often brought down to their sisters or daughters of headmen (Smith et al. 536). This gives the idea that both sexes were involved in agricultural activities and were in clans. In an empire in New Spain…

America has had an ongoing problem with drug epidemics, we are currently in the middle of a country-wide heroin epidemic. To slow or stop the epidemic we need to look back on our past drug epidemics, specifically the cocaine epidemic, for it is relatively modern. During the cocaine epidemic, America and the people in it did some things well, but also a lot of things bad. The only way for us to move forward is to look back and learn. We need to check ourselves right now for what we have already…

Between 300 and 1500 CE, three extremely advanced civilizations developed in Central and South America; the advancements developed by the Mayans, Aztecs, and Incans established them as advanced societies in their time. The Mayans showed exceptional architecture skills and advanced communication with a writing system, the Aztecs built well organized cities and marketplaces, and the Incans built a large road system, robust houses, and an irrigation system. First and foremost, it is no doubt that…

was only able to speak Quechua and the boy, Don Nestor from Cuzco, accentuates this documentary approach. Nestor acts as a tour guide in one scene, noting in particular the two different types of architecture visible: one made by the Incas and the other by the “Inca-pables”, or the Spanish (Salles, 2004). By placing this real architecture in the centre of the frame, it becomes the centre of attention as does the message that comes with it; that Europeans are more of an interference than they are…

Abstract: This paper reveals the birth of mathematics. Representing quantities in some way is considered the first invention of mathematics. We use mathematics every day in one way or another. Sometimes we even use mathematics unconsciously, as in the case of filing a cup of water for cooking. The measure cup is readily available to us and all we have to do is fill it out, but who started this type of measurement? How old is mathematics? Specifically, how old is counting? When was representing…

the areas we call old world and new world. For the word of “old world,” it is meant the civilization around the near east, Mesopotamia and Egypt. On the other hand, the new world refers to the civilization of Mesoamerica, such as, Maya, Aztec, and Inca. Both civilizations might be characterized their societies into more complexity in early period. They captured similarities and differences of the development of societies. Therefore, the interesting point I would like to discuss is the Olmec…

The United States of America is famously known as the giant melting pot of the world. There are so many diverse cultures and ethnicities populating the nation. This rang true for North America even before the United States was established. Before waves of European colonist invaded the land, a vast amount of Native Indians inhabited the America 's and were scattered all throughout the continent. Although an immense sea separated the Indian societies and the Europeans, they shared quite a bit…