Charles Mann, 1491, Ch. Ch. 3, pp. 82-96 (Text is Attached here as a PDF), ( DUE in 3 Hours )
1.) What’s your gut reaction to this reading?
2.) Mann challenges the belief that superior weaponry was the main factor in the Inca loss to the Spanish. Give two examples of Inca weaponry or strategy that was viable in warfare against the Spanish.
3.) Mann argues that the rivalry for power in the Andes among the Inca and other native groups was a major factor of the Spanish conquest. Explain at least one of these rivalries. Who were the two, three or four players involved? Who were they allied with and what role did they play in the Spanish victory?
4.) Explain the role that disease played in weakening the Inca ability to respond effectively to the Spanish.
5.) What was the population of the Americas before European arrival, according to the more recent research? How many people specifically in central Mexico? What is the assumption that these new numbers are based on that was not taken into account in previous population estimates?
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II.) Ronald Wright, Stolen Continents, Ch. 3, pp. 72-83. ( It’s Attached here as a PDF ), ( Due in 3 hours )
1.)What’s your gut reaction to this reading?
2.) Give a summary of the meeting and dialogue between the Inca Emperor Atawallpa and the Spanish.
3.) Give the date, place and basic elements of the successful confrontation the Spanish had with Inca Atawallpa and his soldiers.
4.) According to Wright’s account, what do you think is the main reason or reasons that Inca Atawallpa lost this confrontation? What is the evidence for your conclusion?
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” Family History Assigment ” ( DUE in 20 hours )
Basically I will attach the first 5 pages of the assigment that you wrote for me about three generation family history includes the immigration of my grandfather, my father, my self. However, I will attach the full insturctions called ” Family History paper ” so you would have a full idea what is required. On the other hand, we have already wrote the first 5 pages and now we are going to add 3 more pages which they going to require compeletly different requirements and it’s all explained in the attached document called ” Family History ” ( the full assigment is 8 pages long ). There is very important thing you should know, that what is mentioned in the insturctions is a bit different because I’m not doing an immigration from USA to Mexico like other students or whatever, remamber ( i’m an international student from Kuwait ) so, we are going to continue our story about immigration from Saudi Arabia to Kuwait so on .. so any instructions/question about USA or whatever, convert it to Kuwait/ our story .. you got it bro?. Please go back to the 5 pages and see if you need to fix anything to make it perfect please, because when we wrote it I didn’t have the full instruction with ordering/lines/more details, so i can provide you it, but now we do have the full insructions to make it the best. Last but not least, if you have any question please ask me. thank you for your time, I believe in you.
Please this assigment is almost 35% – 40% of my total grade so please make it perfect please!.
