HIST 127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Spanish Requirement Of 1513, Marcos De Niza, Aztec Empire
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Losing a series of wars against the otoman empire, geing over the bubonic plague a: marriage of ferdinand of aragon and isabella of casile to create spain i. ii. Conquistadors: crusading spirit - taking back the iberian peninsula, spreading chrisianity around the world b. Leaders in europe wanted to get around the middle men in the middle east to trade with. Asia and with these extra proits they would fund future wars against islam: portugal (greatest navigators at the ime) Around africa and up to the indies i: spain. It was actually about 10,000 nauical miles ii. Pope at the top with ferdinand and isabella right below. Asians are somewhere lower on the chain but they are sill god"s children. 1500 - indians cannot be enslaved: the pope later oicially conirmed this, 1512 requerimiento i. ii. Get the new people to consent to spanish rule.
