Europe was not always like how it is now. At first, there was no such thing as zero. Roman numerals started at one because they didn’t get what zero was. Since then, Europe has revolutionized. By the year 1300 Europe was flourishing and eventually conquered most of the known world. It was not easy but, they were able to do it. Without knowing, Europe was a perfect place to win many different wars and to conquer different places. When the Europeans came to Central America, they were deeply tricked into war by the Inca Empire. The leader sent them gift baskets and told them to meet them at a certain place. When the Europeans arrived they saw that they were about to be in a combat zone against 80,000 men, meanwhile they only had 168 (Guns,Germs, …show more content…
Guns and steel helped the Europeans fight in an easier way. The guns were lighter and more easy to carry around. They were also easier to aim. Also, steel could be shaped in many different ways to form spears or swords. The Europeans spread deadly germs like smallpox and measles to people who did not have the antibodies to fight them off. This wiped out most of the population of those people. Lastly, natural resources provided important materials. An animal like a horse was a scary large animal who could easily fright many people who are not used to seeing horses. A horse also provided transportation that was quicker than walking. Other animals provided fur, and food which was also very helpful. In order to fight with swords you needed them to have the perfect point and shape. Natural resources like coal and trees made this possible by providing heat to shape the metal. In conclusion, by using great battle tactics like the Europeans did, it is possible to conquer from
1. Why was the French Empire ultimately so much less successful than either the Spanish or the British Empires?
Throughout the Industrial Revolution, countries began to gain many raw materials to strengthen their empires. Inventions like the automobile made things much more efficient. With all this newly aquired power, countries already did not know what to do with it. During this Age of Progress from around the 1870's to 1890's, countries began to experience anxiety because they had trouble figuring out how humans worked. A great example is Siegmund Frued's psychoanalysis system which tried to prove how the human mind works, but now we know today it is very flawed. Herbert Spencer created his Social Darwinism theory stating that the strong countries are strong and "fit" to survive, and that the weak will die out. This caused more anxiety, so people mindlessly followed what was told to them. Many of these anxieties caused the imperialization of Africa, where
How successfully did Eisenhower’s administration address Cold War fears after WWII from 1948 to 1961?
2. What factors contributed to the defeat of the Aztecs and Incas by European forces? All these factors , in varying degrees , but all together, contributed to the conquest of the Aztec Empire , making it possible. Although one of the factors that stood out was that the contact between these two peoples ( Europeans and Aztecs ), the European settlers learned to understand the Aztec people, while they did the same, and taking advantage of this situation , it was made possible such achievement
The Natives came off as an easy target to the Europeans because of their lack of advanced technologies such as guns and lack of organization, and their fondness for the simpler ways of life. The Europeans that came over to the Americas worked together and were united as one people, where the Natives were divided among tribes and were looking to benefit from trade with
The investments that these new incomes went toward being that of a professional military. The military is a stronghold for these partially diminished countries. The military allowed them to take control of other countries, which in essence would give more revenues. One of the new militaries innovates for the Europeans was gunpowder due to the Chinese, Mongols that introduced the new technology.
First, there were a large number of people I interviewed who believed the Europeans were able to conquer North America simply due to their power-hungry society and personal willpower. According to the interviewees, the possibility of power would overtake any other project or moral ground in European countries, while other empires of the world did not have the want or need for more power. In Europe, people could die, and
It was geographical advantages that allowed Europeans to gain the guns, germs, and steel, that enabled them to be a world power.
According to the world History, Spanish and Portuguese were the first Europeans who arrived in Latin America, establishing colonial societies in the 16th century. Before these two empires seized power in Latin America, there were different types of civilizations namely Maya, Aztec and Inca civilizations. Many people are interested in how Conquistadors were able to defeat the million warriors of these civilizations? The first confrontation between European and Native American civilization happened when conquistadors consolidated their power in Caribbean. Spaniards were led by Hernan Cortes (who played crucial role in the collapse of Aztec Empire).
Europe later cuts off trading routes; many people were dying because there was a rare disease that people didn’t know the cure to it because there was no doctors in their century. Europe had different types of weapons starting off with swords, gun power, and horses to move around. The Spanish go to Peru because they find out that they have silver and that there is still more they could find. The Spanish had native slaves, personal retainers, and they had big cities connected to cultural and physical, infrastructure, and much more. They had many different religions people many rulers demanded services as in food, housing, slaves and private ownership of
“Disease was one of the biggest killers out there during that time” said Dan ; Because none of the natives were immune to these diseases because they don't have domesticated animals that lead to these diseases. After the death of many Natives by gun, sword, or disease the Europeans took over the land and started to build up a new government, started colonizations, and began to grow an empire. They brought in slaves from Africa, used the natives as slaves and built up using their skills from Eurasia as well as forcing the natives to teach then new ways to do things. Eurasia became very rich because they received a lot of gold and different trading items from the americas it became one of the biggest trading places for the world. While going out on a new adventure and trying to find gold or a new trade route is good I don't think the Europeans or Spaniards should have been able to do what they did.
What made the Europeans “accidental conquerors” was their geographic luck. The Europeans were the first acquire the major three elements that made Europe into a “have”. They had guns, germs, and steel therefore they could rule over the “have nots” or lesser developed societies
One of these nations was Spain. In 1492 Columbus landed on Hispaniola thinking he was in Asia. In 1519 Hernan Cortes wanted land and gold so he brought thousands of armed troops which brought diseases, germs, and viruses to the Indians peoples. Eventually weakening, and killing them. Taking over the Aztec empire provided wealth to the Catholic monarch.
The Europeans had a climate where they were able to grow productive crops and domesticate animals, creating a surplus of food, freeing some people from food production to become specialists who were able to create advanced tools and weaponry. Because the Europeans had time, steel, and immunity to smallpox, due to their exposure to domesticated animals, they could decimate populations, appropriate there resources, and conquer the world.
Steel was the final factor on how the Europeans were able to destroy, conquer, and appropriate the resources of other, rivaling or new countries. With steel, Europeans could make steel swords, which, due to its strength and flexibility, could easily overpower and slice through copper, bronze, or gold shields, swords, and armor, which the Inca used when the conquistadors assaulted