HIST 10 World Civ
Lect. # 20

1492:  A New World? song I. Intorduction          A. Multiple Worlds                   • China                   • Indian Ocean                   • Mediterranean          B. "New World"                   • North and South America                   • c. 11,000 BCE Migration (Bering Strait) II. Two Empires          A. Aztec Empire[map]                   • Mayas (c. 600-900 CE)                   • Aztecs [Mexica] (c. 1100 CE)                        - Lake Texcoco                        - Chinampa                        - Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)                    • 1428 - Triple Alliance                        - Aztec Empire:  489 territories (25 million people)          B. Inca Empire [map]                   • Peru, Ecuador, Chile                   • 2,500 miles long (10,000 miles of roads)           C. Arrival of the Spaniards                   • Hernan Cortez (1519)/ Francisco Pizarro (1531)                   • Tenochtitlan c. 1500                        - 250,000 pop.                        - Cortez                        - Motecuhzoma II                             + technology: steel swords and armor                             + horses: covered greater distances faster                             + allies:  Aztecs widely hated                             + disease: small pox                   • Pizarro                             + Cajamarca (November 16, 1532) II. The Pristine Myth          A. Christopher Columbus                   • Seeds of Change           B. Indian Numbers                   • Pre-1492 population = 60-80 million [map]                   • Evidence                           - Incan and Amazonian Roads and Causeways                                1) 500 km of trail                                 2) Incan Highways 40,000 km                           - Mounds                                1) Cahokia  Mound [map]            C. Without a Trace?                     • Old World disease (small pox) [disease timeline]                           -Hispaniola (99%)                           - Peru (92%)                           - North America (74%) III. Conclusion                    • Blinkered Versions of the Past                           - Selective historical memory?                           - Pristine myth and legacy of the past   If you are interested in furthering your interests in this period of history you might consider one of the following courses:                         • LAT AM & THE U S  (HIST 101)