SOSC 1430 Lecture Notes - Radical Change
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Concerned with resource extraction: precious minerals- agriculture. Spread of christianity: violence based on religion, conquest parts of europe from islamist groups to save souls of others , military might + power of the cross. Military technology: gun powder, metal amour, use of horses. Internal divisions: spaniards divide + conquer because the societies they conquered were internally divided by civil wars, etc. Disease: europeans carried diseases to which natives had no immunity. Class society- tributary mechanism for surplus appropriation state. Useful labour force: large, trained, disciplines ( subjugated by rulers, trained to accept rule of state, experienced exploitation. Had resources they wanted (labour force, minerals + process of surplus appropriation) Deconstruction of central social structures: leaders were wiped out. Collaborated with lower orders of native nobility to. New ethnic/ racial composition in la: laid foundations for racial discrimination, spaniards were steady on outlining their whiteness . Historical irony: regions that were more complex were easily to conquer.