They would kick the Indian out of their land and take it for their own, The United States quickly became one of the twentieth century’s most powerful nations after settling more than three million square miles of rich, diverse land. But despite all the riches it came at a great cost and destruction to the American Indians. The warfare between the US and the Indians began as early as 1809 and lasted until 1890, to which the Indians losing and being forced to live on reservations. Despite military involvement in early wars with the Indians, the final conquest was the white settlers wrestling land from them. One conflict was the gold rush of 1849, where some gold was found in what is now California, and millions of settlers went west to get rich on gold, and in the process fought with the Spanish who lived out there, and then killed many Indians who also settled in that land.
Francisco Pizarro The man who conquered the Incan Empire did so, at the modest age of about 40. Francisco Pizarro obviously didn’t do this task all by himself but with the help of about only 100 foot soldiers who were determined to help conquer the Incan Empire. His conquest started in Panama, 1513, where from there he had several expeditions to Peru where he encountered many failures but great retaliations. Expedition after expedition Pizarro would learn many lessons but why did he succeed? Francisco Pizarro of Spain succeeded because he had a rise to fame, thought logically, and had power and authority.
Huayna Picchu has a building on its mountain to watch out for enemies. Huayna Picchu is 1,180 feet higher than Machu Picchu. The Inca settled on Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu because they believed they were descendants from the sun and they are linked to the cosmos. The Inca’s believed they were better than everyone. Reference Burger, R. L. , Salazar-Burger, L. (n.d.).
He talked about the brutal encounter between Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and Inca emperor Atalhualla on November 16, 1532 at the Peruvian highland town of Cajamarca. Although the Incan army consisted of 80,000 soldiers while the Spanish only had 168 soldiers, Pizarro’s forces were easily able to decimate and imprison the Incas. Diamond thinks that the Spanish were stronger than the Incas because they were armed with steel swords, steel armor, and horses. Atalhuappa’s troops employed only quilted armor, slingshots, stone, bronze, and wooden clubs. The Spanish army obtained immense benefits from the use of horses in their triumphs.
Under the direction of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, the ninth emperor, the Inca also began a vast change in culture as society, government, religion and even language were revolutionized (Steele, 13). Yet in the end, it was these very changes that would eventually be crushed as the collapse of this once great nation was
Machu Picchu, which translates from an ancient South American indigenous language as “old peak” is the ruin of a city high in the mountains of Peru. It is associated with the Inca civilization and often called the “lost city of the Incas”. Though obviously inhabited in ancient times, Machu Picchu is a relatively recent archeological find because it had been forgotten by all except indigenous local peoples. It was rediscovered around the turn of the twentieth century. Though the site was originally thought to be purely religious in nature, recent archeological finds point to the idea of its being a resort: a palace and surrounding compound, including temples, for Incan rulers.
With over hundreds of stone structures, and located on top of the Andean mountain; Machu Picchu has been said to be one of the most elegant, and mysterious discoveries in the world. The Inca people were able to use the nature and all the surroundings to make the site into an incredible city. Machu Picchu Machu Picchu has been a major tourist site for several years. However, the history behind Machu Picchu still remained a mystery to the world until 1911, when the site was rediscovered by Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham. After visiting the site, Bingham came with three theories on the purposes of the ancient site.
Despite lasting centuries and centuries of natural deterioration, they are being looked at as bumps in the ground that need to be flattened out for urban growth and ever expanding land for farming. Located in Adams County, Ohio on the Plateau of Serpent Mound Crater along the Bush Creek stands perhaps the greatest of all effigy mounds constructed, and still around, known as the Great Serpent Mound. Depicted in the shape of a great snake, the mound is measured at 1,300 feet long, averaging 4 ft all, and 20-25 ft in width. Serpent Mound, despite winding and coiling around, is known as the largest effigy mound ever created. Despite being an internationally famous historical sit there are many questions and uncertainty when it comes to Great Serpent Mound.
Emperor Wu was one of the longest reigning emperors in Chinese history, ruling from 141- 87 B.C.E., partly due to his ingenious ideas and austere policies that he implemented during his time as ruler. Emperor Wu quickly discovered that the cost of running a large empire and army was exorbitant and came up with policies to help fund them. Responding to popular demands for lower taxes, Wu lowered duties for the people and in its place he erected dozens of iron foundries and salt mines that he monopolized. (Comegna, 2016). As a result, prices for these commodities escalated and led to populace unrest and calls for the policies to be abolished.
Mexico City: The World’s Most Polluted City Urban Expansion of the Mexico City Metropolitan Areas, 1950-2005 Mexico City is known to be the one of the largest megacities in the world with a population of over 20 million people and is quickly growing into the largest urbanized area in the world. Mexico City became the primary population center of Mexico because of its industrialization and large consumer market attracting migrants from rural areas. With the rapid growth rate Mexico City has experienced a number of complications such as air pollution, water sanitization problems, and lack of much needed transportation in urban areas. Mexico City has faced some tough climate situations in their history. The city often suffers from pollution emergencies that sometimes last a week in length.