HUM 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Yongle Emperor, Morisco, Cultural Survival
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Chapter 18: encounter and confrontation- the impact of increasing global interaction. Syncretism: the mixing of two or more cultures to create a new distinct cultural practices. The other: refers to the category that european cultures came to understand non- Spanish conquer the aztecs (1519) - hernan cortes. Means of their success: technology: gun powder, cannons, muskets, disease: diseases not native to the aztecs, other tribes: local tribes around the aztec empire, deception: feather-serpent god (quetzalcoatl) who was banished and would one day return. Spanish conquer the incans (1533) francisco pizaro. Motivations and consequences of conquest: plundering: melting of gold and silver artifacts to make currency, colonization and silver mining. Repartimiento: system of conscript labor that required indigenous males to work in the silver mines for the benefit of spain. Biembo: derived from a japanese word, refers to a type of folding screen. Portuguese explorers: bartholomeu dias (1488), vasco de gama (1497)
