HIST 3535 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Little Ice Age, Slavery Among The Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas, Polytheism
9 Jun 2020
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From early to middle savagery was the achievement of fire and shelter. These people were hunter gathers, childlike and they believed in animism. From middle to late savagery was the bow and arrow. They too were hunter gathers and they believed in animism. From late savagery to early barbarism was the invention of pottery, agriculture, animal domestication and polytheism. Darwin never said only the strong survive he said those who adapted survived . Evolution is random and not in a linear line. ** remember: discourses negotiate with other discourse and chose idea that confirms what is wants to believe ** Lemkin"s theory the destruction of an indigenous people"s way of life. Genocide in the new world (north and south america) People argue that disease was a larger component to indigenous death in north and south. America than the deliberate murder of past genocides.
