Aztecs/Spain Chapter 7
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Musings
- How does geography affect world view?
- How does history affect a world view?
- How does contact alter a world view?
- How does power feed itself?
Photo by Christine Roy
Key features of Mexico?
- Surrounded by water
- Two large rivers
- Chihuahua Desert central and east
- Sonoran Desert north-central
- Valley of Mexico on a plateau.
- Lake Texcoco saline
Photo by Philerooski
Spain Geography
- Surrounded by water
- Pyrenees mountains in the north.
- Several main rivers
- Central Spain, Meseta Central, dry divided by sierras.
- Wet in the north, dry in the south.
Photo by Stefan Kunze
How might limiting factors shape a people?
Photo by Joshua Earle
Aztec History
- For 200 years led a nomadic life.
- Actions dictated by Huitzilopochtli - often hardships endured.
- Chosen people
- Settled in Valley of Mexico, but seen as barbarians.
- Settled on a swampy island and created Tenochtitlan
- Mercenaries & servants for a time
Photo by Craft0logy
Spanish History
- Waves of colonization - Romans, Visigoths, Franks, Ostrogoths and Moors.
- Reconquista 700 years of conflict
- Conquistadors - for god and country.
- Spain becomes an empire.
- Inquisition - tribalism and control
Photo by Daria Nepriakhina
