The Complete Idiot's Guide to World History by Timothy C. Hall

Author:Timothy C. Hall
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: World, Men's collection, History, World history, General
ISBN: 9781592577125
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2008-03-04T10:00:00+00:00

Notable Quotable

"They are credulous and aware that there is a god in heaven and convinced that we come from there. And they repeat very quickly any prayer we tell them and make the sign of the cross. So your Highness should resolve to make them Christians.”

—Christopher Columbus, letter to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand in 1492

The Spanish Empire

According to the Treaty of Tordesillas, the New World that explorers were discoveringbelonged to Spain, so Spain had an instant empire. As far as Europeans were concerned, an empire was something to control and exploit for the benefit of the mother country. So Spain sent men called conquistadors to subdue or conquer the natives of their empire, bringing with them weapons that the native Americans had not seen: muskets, horses, and, most devastatingly, infectious diseases.

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