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Human Consequences of Exploration. Case Study: The Conquest of Mexico. Genocide: How and Why?. Caribbean Population virtually disappeared by 1540 Central Mexico 25 million in 1519 to 2 million in 1580 Peru 10 million in 1530 to 1.5 million in 1590. Columbus and the Indians.
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Human Consequences of Exploration Case Study: The Conquest of Mexico
Genocide: How and Why? • Caribbean • Population virtually disappeared by 1540 • Central Mexico • 25 million in 1519 to 2 million in 1580 • Peru • 10 million in 1530 to 1.5 million in 1590
Columbus and the Indians “All these people lack . . . Every kind of iron; they are also without weapons, which indeed are unknown; nor are they competent to use them, not on account of deformity of body, for they are well formed, but because they are timid and full of fear.”
Case Study: The Aztecs (Mexica) and Cortes An overview of the Spanish Conquest of mexico