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Mapping European Conquest of the Americas. The Geo-Political World Today About 200 Nations with About 7 Billion People. Habitable Land on Planet Earth. Larger Civilizations in 1500. Ancient “Silk Road”. Larger Civilizations in 1500. Cortez 1519. Larger Civilizations in 1500.
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The Geo-Political World TodayAbout 200 Nations with About 7 Billion People
Cortez 1519
European Conquest of the Americas around 1780
How did Europeans Think About “La Conquista” MuralConquest? By Diego Rivera
Let’s analyze some historical primary source documents • Bull Romanus Pontifex (1454) • Bull Inter Caetera(1493) • Requerimiento (1513) The Doctrine Of Discovery Modern Application at UN (2012)