LAS200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Aztec Calendar Stone, Quetzalcoatl, Teotihuacan
13 Dec 2017
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Indians: the europeans use the indies, las indias, as a reflection of columbus"s geographical misconception, and, as a result, the natives were called indians. The formation of the population in the americas. Most of the continent was populated by semi-sedentary or nomadic tribes the europeans find it difficult to include the natives in their production since they aren"t used to their intensive labour work. Civilization in middle america and the central andes a dark age: social collapse and cultural disintegration ecological disasters after the dark age, power was highly centralized. A world without technology or civilization, however, after swiped by the european conquerors, these ancient culture still remained in many aspects. Tribes from up north migrated to central mexica. Religion was a particularly effective tool of imperialism they tool pride in styling themselves the heirs of the toletecs (founders of nauhuatl civilization) . They narrate a story about origins of people where are europeans come from .
