the encounter
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The Americas before Columbus
• 50 million people (?)• No metal technology• No large domesticated animals• Complex trade networks• Complex cultures and civilizations
Aztec Empire
Ancient Tenochtitlan
Fundacion Tenochtitlan
Aztec Warrior Dress in Front of the Shrine of the Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico City
• Skilled warriors• Weapons from wood,
stone and volcanic glass
• Conquered surrounding people
• Captives sacrificed
Hernan Cortes
• Conquistador• Landed in Mexico in
1519• Conquered Aztecs by
1521• Native allies
– Nahuas– Tlaxcaltec– Totonacs
• Small pox
Moctezuma II
• Aztec Ruler
• Host and Prisoner of the Conquistadores
• Details of his death are disputed
Columbian Exchange: The transfer of living things between the “Old”
and “New” Worlds“Old World” (Europe,
Africa, & Asia)• Horses• Pigs• Cattle• Wheat• Sugar• Small Pox• Measles
“New” World (North and South America)
• Corn• Potato• Tobacco• Beans• Peanut• Turkey
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