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

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Larger Civilizations in 1500

South American Native CulturesPrior to European Conquest

North American Native CulturesPrior to European Conquest

Tenochtitlan ModelAztec Capital

Temple at Tenochtitlan

Cultural Sophistication

Europeans Arrive in the Americas1492

European

Conquest

of the Americas around

1780

How did Europeans Think About “La Conquista” Mural

Conquest? By Diego Rivera

Let’s analyze some historical primary source documents

• Bull Romanus Pontifex (1454)

• Bull Inter Caetera (1493)

• Requerimiento (1513)

The Doctrin

eOf

Discovery

Modern Application at UN (2012)

Assignment on 9-05