ANTH 1003 Study Guide - Atahualpa, List Of Islands In The Indian Ocean, European Colonialism
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Find a wide variety of wonders, both real and imagined spices. New ship design that was better at sailing into the wind. Almost every time europeans met others who had been isolated from the. European, african, and asian land masses, they brought death and cultural destruction in the form of microbes. In many instances, virtually the entire native population perished of imported diseases within 20 years. To strip an area of money, goods, or raw materials through the use of physical violence or the threat of such violence. Europeans used violence to take metal, goods, or raw materials from indigenous peoples (cid:215) mines were placed under european control. In 1531, pizarro captured the inca emperor atahuallpa and received . 5 million in gold and . 5 million in silver (current value) as ransom. After the british east india company came to power in india, it plundered the treasury of bengal, sending wealth back to investors in england.
