5/14/2015 The Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas 1 Conquest of the Americas Contact and Conflict

5/14/2015 The Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas 2 Introduction Between European civilization spread through trade, imperialism, and colonialism Guiding Questions: Was this inevitable? Was the spread of European culture a result of Western Superiority?

5/14/2015 The Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas 3 Agenda Factors of Exploration and Conquest Aztec Society & Spanish Conquest Inca Society & Spanish Conquest China Japan Origins of Slavery In Africa

5/14/2015 The Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas Factors of Exploration and Conquest Capitalism- pre-capitalist society to capitalist society Searching for Wealth Geography Technology The Search for Souls- The Mission The Ottoman Empire – “…crusade on one side and jihad on the other.” (112)

5/14/2015 The Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas 5 Aztec Empire

5/14/2015 The Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas 6 Aztec Society First Encounter Hernan Cortes Great Cities- Tenochtitlán (tānōchtētlän´) (Huge Temple, Numerous Canals, Royal Palace) Highly Structured Society- Based on Agriculture and Religion

5/14/2015 The Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas 7 Spanish Conquest Radical Depopulation Disease Forced Labour Slavery- The Mission Demoralization Introduction of Cattle, Sheep and Goats

5/14/2015 The Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas 8 Inca Empire

5/14/2015 The Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas 9 Inca Society Extremely Wealthy Complex Political Organization Accomplished Feats of Engineering

5/14/2015 The Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas 10 Spanish Conquest Series of Attacks ( ) Encomienda System encomienda Disease

China and Japan China Highly developed trade system Manchu dynasty ( ) No monopoly in trade Japan Not as stable making European contact easier. Jesuits and Franciscans 5/14/2015 The Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas 11

Slavery in Africa Slavery existed prior to European arrival: criminals, sold by family in time of need, kidnapped. European slavers felt no guilt – religion as a reason. Asiento Europeans introduced chattel slavery Encouraged a century of civil war, created depopulation 5/14/2015 The Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas 12

Colonial Empires Jacques Cartier ( ) Samuel de Champlain ( ) Conversion to Christianity – theological debate Bartolome de Las Casas and Juan Gines de Sepulveda Never decided – slavery continued Long term impacts? Genocide of Mayan in Guatemala ml ml 5/14/2015 The Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas 13

5/14/2015 The Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas 14 Works Cited Legacy: The West and the World, Garfield Newman Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2003