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Seven myths of the spanish conquest
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Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest By: Josh Kessner History 140 Professor Arguello
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Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
By: Josh KessnerHistory 140
Professor Arguello
Intro: The Lost World of Bernal Diaz
Diaz witnessed first hand many sacrifices when coming across the Aztec colonies in MexicoHe helped to lead a Spanish expedition against the Aztec empireWhile their he witnessed their gigantic pyramids such as the metropolis of TenochtitlanHe collected stories from his soldiers and put it into a narrative during his campaign against the AztecsLater, there was a manuscript found in Madrid from the perspective of a common soldier
Chapter 1 A Handful of Adventures: The Myth of Exceptional Men
Within the first chapter it is discussed how the discovery of the Americas was history’s greatest achievement and how this was discovered by a “handful of adventures”It discusses from the initial discoverer of the Americas to the two most powerful expedition leaders that helped expand the conquestThey talk about how all of these adventures led to the discovery of the Americas as a whole
Chapter 1 A Handful of Adventures: The Myth of Exceptional Men
The chapter discusses how Christopher Columbus had discovered the Americas and its significance. More importantly it discusses how Cortez and Pizzaro led the expeditions into the interior of the land taking over the land of the nativesThe Aztec and Inca being two very powerful empires in the America prior to the expeditions, Cortez and Pizzaro overthrew their reignThis Allowed for the Spanish Empire to become as great and successful as it was
Chapter 7Apes and Men: The Myth of Superiority
Myths of Conquest by the Spaniards were that it was emotionally less taxing and that God looked upon them as doing the right thing even though they killed many peopleAlso it was believed that it could be politically safer to go on a conquestIn reality conquests were done in order to destroy enemy empires, expanding one’s own, and the benefits of the wealth go towards those in power
Chapter 7Apes and Men: The Myth of Superiority
With having allies the Spaniards were much more capable of taking over the native enemiesAlthough the natives would play an important role in the destruction of the larger empires, the rewards of the victory would be given to the conquistadors and leadersThere was native disunity throughout the empiresAlthough the natives may have outnumbered the Spanish, the weaponry that the Spanish had was superior and much more powerful
