ANTHRO 41A Study Guide - Final Guide: Tlaxcaltec, Quetzalcoatl, Eurocentrism

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 41A
• Professor: Tom Douglas

Document Summary

Led to an influx of enormous wealth in europe. Spain became the first super european power with emperor charles i. Disease is one of the primary reasons why these empires fell. Spanish conquistadors were also able to make alliances with local groups. For example; hernando cortes was able to team up with the tlaxcalans to defeat the aztecs. The tlaxcalans had an army of 149,000. Seized the aztec city and starved many people. Spanish conquistador and leader of a spanish group who left cuba (actually thought that. Cuba was part of southeast asia) for routes to china and india as well as gold. Arrived in mexico in 1519, the same year that quetzalcoatl was predicted to arrive in the. Aztecs thought he was a god and brought him gifts. Blaut argues that with the conquest of the americas, europe gained a huge economic advantage. The global economic center shifted from india to europe.