AMH 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Clovis Culture, Spanish Navy, Columbian Exchange
Document Summary
Bering straight land bridge 12-15 thousand years ago: asia and north america were connected. Pre-clovis topper- evidence found in georgia (arrow heads) proof of people 50 thousand years ago. Aztec/mexica: 100-250 thousand people in modern new mexico: cortex arrives in 1519 wants to kill all the aztecs. Largest native american city in us: cahokia, illinois. Now europeans cross the atlantic to america: (first europeans to explore are the portuguese for a new trade route to india) E(cid:373)ploy idle e(cid:374)glish(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:894)e(cid:373)ploy(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of youth (cid:449)ho are(cid:374)"t doi(cid:374)g a(cid:374)ythi(cid:374)g (cid:271)asi(cid:272)ally(cid:895) Spanish explorer- upper middle class: offered to serve with the spanish navy in cuba- agrees for fa(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d fortu(cid:374)e i(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1009)(cid:1004)(cid:1008). Does(cid:374)"t get famous and gets angry: hears rumors of the aztecs and the wealth. In 1519 he asks for permission to go from cuba to modern new mexico to conquer the aztecs. The laugh at him but he goes anyways.
