“ European emigrants and their descendants are all over the place, which requires an...
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“ European emigrants and their descendants are all over the place, which requires an explanation.”. It all starts here on the Iberian Peninsula – why? Portugal Plunder Prince Henry… Mediterranean import..? Muslim power On to India…1489. “…did not FIND a new world but CREATED a new world”. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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“European emigrants and their descendants are all over the place, which requires an explanation.”
• It all starts here on the Iberian Peninsula – why?
• Portugal– Plunder– Prince Henry…– Mediterranean import..?– Muslim power– On to India…1489
“…did not FIND a new world but CREATED a new world”
• Spain’s Reconquista 1492• The story…• Reknit the seams of
Pangaea• Globalization:
doc.19.1• America
EMPIRE BUILDING
The Portuguese
• Treaty of Tordesillas and Line of Demarcation• Vasco da Gama (map)• A commercial network: trade goods…
Conquistadores• Hernando Cortes• Aztecs• Broken spears • "Account of Alva
Ixtlilxochiltl" (1519)
• Pizarro• Incas• de las Casas
Iberian Empires: “better trained troops and technological advantage with weapons but advantage was biological not technological.”
Portuguese Spanish
