HST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bernal Díaz Del Castillo, Mississippian Culture, Land Bridge
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Spanish arrived in 15th century (1400s: anasazi, farming culture, plateau of colorado river- four corners (arizona, utah, colorado, new mexico, high-yield maize in irrigated terraced fields, densely populated, multistoried apartment complexes (pueblos, ex: pueblo bonita: 800 rooms, housed. Aztec culture was highly complex: cities and countryside, urban centers became focus of artistic development, political power and trade, technotitl n (early 1500s, a city of 200,000, larger than any in europe, comment by soldier bernal diaz del castillo: Pope to make a demarcation line through the atlantic ocean: treaty line gave portugal the right to explore and colonize everything. Belief in the supernatural world- invisible powers: 2. Idols- statues of virgin mary/corn goddess: 3. Native american cultures they encountered: europeans seized opportunities to appropriate american resources- including people. Land of virginia (1588) based on false assumptions: what made the english colonies work, joint stock companies: private companies licensed by the government.
