Hist 104, Lecture 06:
New World Empires
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0. Keywords

Hernén Cortés, Moctezuma, The Battle for Tenochtitlán (1519), Francisco Pizarro, encomienda, repartimiento & mita, Potosi, smallpox, Treponema pallidum

1. Three American Empires in Comparison: Aztec, Inca, Spanish

a. Differences
b. Similarities

2. The Spanish Conquest

a. The Silent Ally
b. The Role of Religion
c. Silver Lining
d. Labor Problems

3. Biological Exchange

a. The Birth of Nachos
b. the Spread of Syphilis