HIST 380 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Spanish Empire, New Spain, City
20 Nov 2018
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From whose point of view was our hemisphere discovered in. Is it accurate to call much of the region spanish america and. Would natives have considered themselves to be living in a. Were the original human inhabitants of what we called the. Is selective, because historian often chooses what the emphasize, what to omit, in reconstructions of the past. Is always incomplete, since we don"t have records of how everyone thought and acted in teh past, but rather have certain kinds of records full of their own biase. A historian"s work is almost always an interpretation of these kinds of sources that can be situated along a spectrum of objectivity. Serves to interpret, legitimate, and justify the status quo of the present through stories about a legendary past. Both represent human efforts to understand who and what we are, especially in relation to existing societies, cultures and even the natural world. Aztecs (mexicas) were a subdivision of nahuas.
