Even though both cultures were from the Americas, the Aztecs were located in Central America and the Incas in South America. Both cultures also had very different writing systems and alphabets. The last major difference was that the Aztecs had a more advanced system of trading which was called the treque, while the Incas were isolated from society. In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the differences and similarities that both empires had. What the Incas and the Aztecs had in common was that they were both agriculture based.
What is the Spanish term for the pattern of conquest and settlement used in the New World? Las Conquistas 3. Describe what usually happened during the "initial stage" of the Spanish conquest. Spanish conquistadors, after locating a new territory, would first assess the local people and resources to determine their potential degree of profitability. 4.
The nature and traditional spirits were worshiped by the West Africans. The West Africans also had beliefs in a superior God and an admired God. “Some West Africans practiced the Islam religion and voodoo in secret, but unlike the world in which we live now, the Native Americans and the West Africans were at times forced to convert to Christianity or suffer punishment as severe as death” (Eyewitness to History, 1999). The relationship between the Native Americans and the white settlers did start of good, but the English became selfish and only wanted additional tobacco farms. The white settlers were the worst at farming, so the natives became the first resort of survival.
After Suleyman and Akbar the Elite’s in charge for example Aurangzeb starting taxing those who where Non-Muslim, and in the Ottoman Empire this happened as well. Both powers eventually declined after Akbar and Suleyman. In being religiously diverse in widespread areas there was one similarity between the two Empires. In both empires in the golden age they did not mind other religious practices going on. Although the Ottomans did tax them for being Non –Muslim they still were unharmed.
3) Peninsulares Peninsulares involved early individuals that were from Spain but then traveled and placed a living in America around the 1500s. The creoles despised them, the creoles were Spaniards conceived in America. They had political power and social power which brought upon pressure between them. Finally their movement to America was because of Spanish triumph all through those domains. Finally, the reason why they were able to migrate to America because of the Spanish’s conquest.
The Janissaries were a group of Christian boys converted to Islam that were taken from their homes at a very young age, also known as the devshirme system. The Spanish used conquistadors as men to fight but also as men to rule the conquered land, allowing for everything to be pretty efficient. Both empires also used heavy coercive labor, the Spaniards using the mita tax and the Ottomans using the Janissaries as a form of slavery. The mita tax was a tax on Incan people for labor; they had to work in the mines for the mother country and in return were converted to Christianity. Also, both of the rulers of the empires were determined hereditarily, the Spanish passed the crown down to the eldest son and the Ottoman’s used the fratricide system, where you must kill all of your brothers to become sultan.
California Missions Introductions Missions were started in the 1700s. King Charles III had ordered mission settlements to be built along the coast of Upper California and it was a Spanish missionary named Fray Junipero Serra’s task to carry out the king’s wishes. The missioners had a goal. They wanted Native Americans to change to their religion. These neophytes, as they newly converted were called, had to obey the missionary in charge.
When people see their ruler as a part of their religion and not just a regular person, it gives the ruler justification to do whatever he pleases. This is how things were for both of these empires. The rulers established themselves as being directly involved with their gods and deities through relation and communication. Both civilizations were lenient involving other religions. The Ottoman Empire allowed conquered civilizations to live under their own religious influences, and the Incas even adopted parts of the religions of their conquered foes.
On the other side, the Safavids were slightly tolerant. When the Isma’il came into power, he named Shi’a Islam as the religion of hid empire- with this it caused many wars, but change the path of the empire, affecting what we now know as Iran forever. With that, it’s safe to say that all of them enjoyed conquering new states, though not necessarily for the same reason. The Ottoman Empire was mainly interested in conquering, just to spread Islam. Their religion was their inspiration, whereas the other had less of the incentive.
Though both Christianity and Islam believe themselves to be the one true religion, Islam went about establishing itself as a dominant religion differently…by the way of the sword. The Islam religion was originated by the prophet Muhammad. He spread this faith first to his family and friends, and then went on teaching it to his clan. He formed a tight society that eventually “brought most of southern and western Arabia under its control.”(Bentley 90) After Muhammad’s death, his followers went on to expand the first Islamic Empire. Such areas included: Egypt, North Africa, Armenia, etc.