Indigenous languages of the Americas

similarity they had is that the both sailed to search for money and information. One difference that they have is Ferdinand Magellan searched to find a route to Moluccas. Jacques Cousteau searched to find a sea passage to the East Indies through North America. One more difference is that Ferdinand Magellan traveled from 1519 to 1522 and Jacques Cousteau traveled from 1951 to 1996. Those are just some of their similarities and differences there are many…

Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese sea captain sailing for Spain who led the voyage around globe. However their goal was not to circumnavigate the Earth, but find a westward route to the Spice Islands, also known as the Moluccas. Along they had to overcome many obstacles in order to achieve this goal. Sadly, Magellan did not personally reach that goal, but his crew that was led by Juan Sebastian Elcano did. Magellan and his crew departed on August 10, 1519. With the horribly inaccurate…

JK Rowling once quoted, “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends,” this could have been written about America’s native people. Bravery is different now than it was when people lived on the prairie in tipis. Bravery were even different when the Native Americans moved out of the tipis and into houses on the reservations. Bravery now is people standing up to others without being afraid of them and what they will do to them. Bravery…

The Germanic tribes invaded Europe, diffused into its society and influenced the civilizations already in Europe. But what were those influences? Did each tribe contribute something unique to Europe? Where did each tribe come from? The time span of the Germanic, or barbarian, invasions spans roughly a thousand years. My primary focus will be on the years 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. As a whole the Germanic tribes contributed different kinds of warfare, politics, and weaponry. An example of this is the…

Racism has become extremely prevalent in Australia’s modern-day society. We are able to say this because there is an astounding amount of evidence to support this. Firstly, Mungo Man and Woman verify that there was Aboriginal life in Australia over 60,000 years ago, found by using carbon dating technology. This means that we can understand that they had a culture and society of their own before the Europeans arrived and abolished it. Socially, we can infer that the men of the households were…

“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…

European exploration began to develop at a rapid rate because of three factors, God, glory, and gold. Europeans desired to spread Christianity as they made an effort to educate and convert people of different cultures and religions. Europeans desire to grow rich grew after new ideas sparked curiosity and adventure among Europeans during the Renaissance. Finally, nations competed for superiority over one another and desired to be the most powerful, with increased land, superior power was possible…

All those fortunes discovered in America and other parts of the world made their way into the facets of knowledge, mainly in Europe. The European explorers made all the possible efforts to reach to those cities so that they can become part of the discoverers, and in the process be in possession of the much-anticipated gold and silver. “Every explorer in the European region had the anticipation of reaching to one of those rich cities and become an inheritor of the fanciful gold mines.” What such…

Simi Valley has only relatively recently become the city it is known as today. Prior to the 1970’s, Simi Valley had been mainly a place of groves and farmland. Also prior to that, this was the land of the Chumash which is where the word Simi originated from. While most of the people of Simi are of European descent, there seems to be a strong community of hispanic people. There are also people from Asian backgrounds, African American backgrounds, and Native American backgrounds. On the surface…

The Xia Dynasty was the first to rule China as the higher power of the time. They were along the Huang He River. They created a way to control the Huang He River. They had no written records and only used oral when they passed on history. This is why we do not know a lot about the Xia Dynasty. They had 15 emperors and a lot of up and downs being the first dynasty. They changed their country into a slave society from a primitive society. Their last emperor was not a good one and used his rights…