HIST 15100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hunter-Gatherer, Cultural Relativism, Land Bridge
Document Summary
Land bridge connecting asia and na is how people got to north america. England got it last since they were a hot mess until mid 1600"s. Silk road had been revamped, oversea shipping routes. Constantly looking for ways to shorten the journey of trade routes. Bible was not printed in any language other than latin. All of this is carried luggage to north america. Columbus was not a big deal until the 1800"s. Italians wanted a figure to show they belong in america and made him important. Columbus was sailing to find shorter trade routes. 1492 found land and treated native americans so badly. By 1550, all the natives were dead in the caribbean. By 1520, aztecs were dead, fallen, or enslaved. Neighboring native american groups found the same thing. By 1550, they were all controlled by americans. Europeans were so successful at defeating native americans because of diseases, they spread a lot.
