Yucatán

Based on the presentations of Cortés’ and Pizarro’s conquests, I would have preferred to have been involved in Cortés’ expedition over Pizarro’s because Cortés’ willpower and determination were to be greatly admired. His drive to conquer was his defining characteristic, with his famous burning of the boats a symbol that can resonate even in today’s context. He was the most notable of the early Spanish conquistadors, conquering arguably the most difficult of the three ancient Latin American…

These railroads systems was the reason for such a boom in exports. During 1878- 1880 there was only one port that was accessible to the rail ways and that was Veracruz, but once the railways had connected other cities such as Tampico and Progreso in Yucatan they were able to boom. Cardenas states that with the use of railroads, “the domestic market began its integration in a profound way and new areas of the country were developed.” The development of the railroads also helped out mining that…

The Mysterious Disappearance of The Mayan Empire; What Caused The Empire To Collapse? The Mayan people are a great fascination. They were creative, original, different and left a great mystery for today’s new world to explore. The Mayans were an ancient native American civilization who were known to be one of the most advanced civilizations in Mesoamerica today. They never progressed past the stone age to have seen advanced inventions like the wheel or other metal work that would have aided…

Una Nueva Cultura (A Whole New Culture) Have you ever thought about another culture’s beliefs, customs, or religion? The one culture that I really wanted to know about was the Mexican culture because it seems to be very vibrant and it caught my interest when I heard about the Day of the Dead. Mexican culture includes their food/eating habits, holidays celebrated, religion, values, art, wedding customs, and literature. The Mexican eating schedule is very similar to the U.S. Mexicans work around…

Addie, Katelynn, AP, Joshua, and I were getting in the car after a dodgeball tournament and Amber caught me right as we were leaving. Everyone had already gotten in the car and Amber pulled me aside. She asked me if I wanted to go on a cruise. At first I thought she was joking and I looked over and saw my mom talking to Troy Dad. Then I knew she wasn’t joking and I was so excited I started running and jumping around the SkyZone parking lot. Amber and I had been shopping for new shorts and…

They are the eight principles that all deep ecologists follow. The fifth principle states, present human interference with the nonhuman world is excessive, and the situation is rapidly worsening (The Anarchist Library). For example, 137 species of animals are becoming extinct each day, which adds up to 50,005 species disappearing every year, because of deforestation (Oocities). If we don’t start doing something about this issue the world’s animal population will become extinct, and that’s only…

The areas know as Mesoamerica, are large and were once filled with strong and prosperous civilizations. The Olmec, Teo, Monte Alban, and much more. All of these civilizations were powerful but came to an abrupt end. However when an empire falls another one will rise to power. This is where the Mayan and Aztec civilizations come into place. Both of these settlements were large, strong, and well know having territory all over Mesoamerica. The Aztec and Maya both shared some common ideas and…

In India, there are records of ancient volcanic activity that occurred at the time of the K-T boundary. Aside from the iridium layer of rock that gives evidence to an impact, there is also a 110-mile crater found in the Yucatan peninsula that also dates back to the time of the dinosaurs’ extinction point, and at that crater; there are no non-avian dinosaurs that were found at the impact layer, so that also gives evidence that something was causing the dinosaurs to die before…

Castillo told in amazing fragment of when the Spaniards first entered the city of Mexico. The reason of this it is because Bernal Diaz del Castillo claimed that he was the only one conquistadors who participated in the three expeditions to explore the Yucatan…

Throughout history men, governments, and kingdoms have been in search of greater things for the sole purpose of expansion. Over time the interpretation of history has been based on the memories and experiences of those who were witness to such events. Such contrasting interpretations can be seen throughout the different documentations of the French colonization and Spanish conquests and their colonization of the Americas. The French Jesuits’ purpose for colonizing New France, present day Canada,…