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Latin American History: Geography, Complexity & Modernization

Explore the geographical influences, complexity, and modernization in Latin American history, from the Aztec Age to urban centers like Mexico City. Learn about water management, surplus labor, noble classes, ceremonial metals, and more.

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Latin American History: Geography, Complexity & Modernization

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  1. Americas Discover Columbus: The Geography of Latin American HistoryJames Hayes-Bohanan, Ph.D.paxmundo.orgwebhost.bridgew.edu/jhayesboh GEOG 520: The Geography Behind History

  2. Voyages

  3. LatinSpokenHere?

  4. Global Atmospheric Circulation Model

  5. Seasonal Pressure and Precipitation Patterns

  6. Globalization in the Aztec Age

  7. Mexico City Texcoco Tenochtitlán www.semarnat.gob.mx

  8. Teotihuacán www.world-mysteries.com

  9. San Pedro Cholula Cholula www.crystalinks.com/mexico.html

  10. Mexico City September 1985, Magnitude 8.1 quake centered in the subduction zone off Acapulco killed more than 4,000 people in Mexico City, more than 300 kilometers away. earthquake.usgs.gov

  11. Complexity • Water management food surpluses  surplus labor • Nobles and priests • State-organized military • Cities with secondary and tertiary sectors • Ceremonial metals • Monumental architecture • Systematic record keeping • Water management food surpluses • Nobles and priests • State-organized military • Cities with secondary and tertiary sectors • Ceremonial metals • Monumental architecture • Systematic record keeping www.peru-explorer.com Blouet & Blouet pp. 56-57

  12. Sophistication Shifting cultivation among tropical forest farmers (Blouet & Blouet fig. 3.3) MILPA AGROFORESTRY

  13. Modernization Lee Clockman

  14. May 4, 1493 http://es.encarta.msn.com

  15. Earth at Night NASA.GOV

  16. Latin America at Night NASA.GOV

  17. Captaincies

  18. Columbian Exchange PLANTS  ANIMALS  PEOPLE  DISEASES  MINERAL WEALTH  RAW MATERIALS  MANUFACTURES  TECHNOLOGY  after Blouet & Blouet, p. 74 ¡MUSICA!  Dr. Michele Levy North Carolina A&T Univ. The Dream of Christopher Columbus 1959, Salvador Dalí

  19. Mas:paxmundo.org

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