Conquest of the Americas part 1

"The societies of the Americas emerge out of the collsion, convergence, and complex mixture of Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans. This process begin with the conquest of the sixteenth century, and its major features are complete and in place by about 1700. Ths collision and convergence...

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Main Author: Eakin, Marshall C. 1952-
Corporate Authors: Teaching Company.
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2002.
Series: Great courses (Compact disc)
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1 : Lecture 1. Three peoples collide
  • Lecture 2. Native Americans
  • Lecture 3. Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas
  • Lecture 4. Europeans and Africans
  • Lecture 5. European overseas expansion
  • Lecture 6. Christopher Columbus : path to conquest
  • Lecture 7. Stepping stones : The conquest of the Caribbean
  • Lecture 8. Rise of Hernan Cortes
  • Lecture 9. Fall of Montezuma
  • Lecture 10. Conquistadors and Incas
  • Lecture 11. Frontiers of empire
  • Lecture 12. Portuguese Brazil : The king's plantation.