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Put Forward Socio Economic
1,387 wordsWhy was it considered necessary for the Spanish Crown to justify and legitimate the conquest of the Americas and what arguments and means did it employ for this purpose? Every colonial country needs an idea to base its conquest and Spain was no different. The ideology behind the Spanish conquest of the Americas was the spread of Catholicism. This belief in the conversion of the Indians is what drove the Spanish to conquer, settle and govern the New World. The Castilian's modeled their Catholic e...
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Jose Victor Portales Victor Portales Chile
360 wordsChile was once sparsely populated mainly by Araucanian Amerindians. In the early 15 th century Chile came under the strong influence of the Incas. When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in Chile they tried to over take the Amerindians. The Amerindians of course resisted with force. Which resulted in battles between the Amerindians and the conquistadors. Eventually they started to lose their land to the Spanish. Chile also was one of Latin Americas first independence movements. The people of Chil...
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Obeah And Amerindian Practices Obeah And Amerindian Orisha
762 wordsObeah is one of the more unknown and obscure African traditions of sorcery. It is said to be traditionally started in west and north Africa by slaves. Soon moving it on to Jamaica and Trinidad- Tobago. It is assumed that the Ashanti and the Dahomeyeans are the carriers of the wisdom of Obeah. (Kalafou 1) Obeah or Obi is it self a word shrouded and obscured in secrecy. The most understandable meaning of the word can be translated into occult power meaning a powerful engine used to empower spells ...
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Retrieved From Web Sets Of Beliefs People
754 wordsIndigenous Societies The history of the American continent does not start at the point of arrival of Europeans to the continent. A very long time prior to their arrival, this continent was inhabited by greatly developed civilizations like the Incas, Aztecs and Mayas. These civilizations were not simple uneducated tribes, they had enormous cities, well developed science and enormous achievements in agriculture. These civilizations were very rich due to the big natural deposits of gold. The Europe...
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Good Or Bad Economic And Social
1,577 wordsFairness and Equality in Ecuador Ecuador is small country in south America. is situated over Per? and beneath Venezuela and Colombia. It? s population is 12. 500. 000. there are different ethnic groups in Ecuador, there is mestizo (mixed Amerindian and Spanish) 55 %, Amerindian 25 %, Spanish 10 %, black 10 % (- 1 -). The predominant religion is Roman Catholicism. 90 % of the population knows how to read and write. Ecuador is also very rich in tradition and it has been blessed with tons of natura...
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Socio Economic Status Sao Paulo
3,314 wordsBrazil is a multi-cultural and plus-ethnic society. The population is made up of peoples from all over; native Indians, Blacks from Africa, Iberians, East Europeans and Japanese for example. Miscegenation and racial mixing has resulted in a myriad of races, ethnicities and cultures. The arrival (except the indigenous peoples who were already there) and immigration of these people from all over the world, in the past five hundred years has signified the arrival of numerous different cultures, way...
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