Dum Diversas Analysis

of schedule Spanish conquistadors, numerous evangelists considered themselves to be siding empathetically and defensively with the indigenous people groups. In 1537, Pope Paul III pronounced that Indians were not mammoths to be slaughtered or oppressed, but rather people with souls fit for salvation. At the time, this was comprehended to be an edified perspective of indigenous individuals, and one that good natured teachers tried to empower.

When Juan was looking for islands to expand the Spanish empire, he probably very well knew that there would be natives on some of those islands. And when he did find the inhabitants of the “Island”, Florida? He enslaved most of them. This was common for explorers to do, but that’s just wrong. Imagine this, you’re a peaceful native to a beautiful island, and then a big strange object comes ashore. You see strange men come

The Appalachian region is the most complex geographical unit or area to define, based on characteristics and functions of culture. This cultural area is 205,000 square miles and extends from northern Pennsylvania towards northeastern Missippi, which it composed of parts of 13 states and 420 counties. Twenty-five Million, people who live in Appalachia, considered this region as a native or home culture area based on personal perceptions. Most people believe Appalachia, as a formal culture region, is upon a measurable set of common cultural, human, and anthropogenic traits. Many people in Appalachia are descendants of several European immigrants such as the Irish-Scotish, Germans, and the Welsh. Christianity is the dominant religion and an enormous

This historically bad treatment of Natives Americans, was common in many of the European colonies of the Americas and was often used as propaganda for the competing European powers to create criticism and animosity towards the Spanish Empire. From the perspective of history and the colonization of the Americas, all of the European powers that colonized the Americas, such as England, Portugal, the Netherlands and others, were guilty of the same atrocities towards the Native Americans. Colonial powers have all been accused of massacring the natives in the Americas. The type of propaganda has been employed for centuries and in every country. We have even heard this from our parents, those people are no good because they

The crusaders belief in God and that Jesus was mankind’s only hope for redemption was at the forefront of their motives during the Crusades. Many rallied behind the popes words as knights swore oaths to serve God, fight evil and protect the weak and if inescapable give their lives for the sake of the cross. Did the Crusades advance the cause of Christ? This is more difficult to discern due to the multiplicity of heart motives that involved hatred, greed and bloodlust. Although the cause of Christ is always advancing, as people have chosen death over life throughout history, nevertheless during the Crusades it does not seem to be effective. Efforts to evangelize the Muslims did arise however they often were performed under a heavy militant hand. Therefore, when the Holy Land was given back, Islam remained faithful to Muhammad. Additionally, the Fourth Crusade would reunite the East and West for a little more than fifty years. However, at the end of the Latin Empire in 1261, when Constantinople was retaken, enmity between the Greek East and the Latin West grew more intense. Thus, Christian unity would remain in

Millions of years ago, the Earth was divided into two the Old and New Worlds. This lasted for quite some time, so long that different evolutions began. For example, on one side of the Atlantic rattlesnakes developed, but on the other, vipers grew. The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of non-native plants, animals, and diseases brought to the Americas from Europe and vice versa. This all happened after 1492. On October 1492, Christopher Columbus and his crew docked in the Bahamas. As soon as they stepped foot off the ship, two worlds reunited with each other-with both positive and negative effects.(B, Johnson)

The Church began preaching the good of participating of Crusades and how if you returned successful, all of your sins would be forgiven. However, in the past the Catholic faith consisted of teachings of peace and harmony, not war and violence. During the time of the Crusades, the church had a large increase of power and influence over its followers. As the Church was such a vital part of everyday life, it became able to control the minds and decisions of those who followed it. But it also grew in wealth as it became able to participate in political abilities, such as tax collecting. It also opened retreats for the ‘broken soldiers’ who returned but these soon became very expensive for the soldiers and their families. By threatening and murdering the Muslims and the Muslims retaliating the attacks of the Catholics, the Crusades also stained the Catholic-Muslim relationship for many years to

It’s not a coincidence that every year on the second Monday of October, students have a day off from school. That day is used to commemorate Christopher Columbus’s arrival to the Americas. Christopher Columbus and many other explores departed from Europe seeking to discover new land. This time in history became know as the Age of Exploration. Historians debate whether the Age of Exploration is as great as it is said to be. There were several downsides to the Age of Exploration. This time period in history should clearly be remembered, but not celebrated due diseases that traveled and killed millions, and the unfair treatment of native peoples.

In the 16th Century, Spain became one of the European forces to reckon with. To expand even further globally, Spanish conquistadors were sent abroad to discover lands, riches, and North America and its civilizations. When the Spanish and Native American groups met one another, they judged each other, as they were both unfamiliar with the people that stood before them. The Native American and Spanish views and opinions of one another are more similar than different because when meeting and getting to know each other, neither the Spaniards nor the Native Americans saw the other group of people as human. Both groups of people thought of one another as barbaric monsters and were confused and amazed by each other’s cultures. But, even though both

Before the Spanish ship that changed it all, which arrived in the “New World” in 1492, thriving organized communities of native people had centuries of history on the land. That ship, skippered by Christopher Columbus, altered the course of both Native American and European history. 1492 sparked the fire of cultural diffusion in the New World which profoundly impacted the Native American peoples and the European settlers.

The Columbian Exchange refers to the monumental transfer of goods such as: ideas, foods, animals, religions, cultures, and even diseases between Afroeurasia and the Americas after Christopher Columbus’ voyage in 1492. The significance of the Columbian Exchange is that it created a lasting tie between the Old and New Worlds that established globalization and reshaped history itself (Garcia, Columbian Exchange). Worlds that had been separated by vast oceans for years began to merge and transform the life on both sides of the Atlantic (The Effects of the Columbian Exchange). This massive exchange of goods gave rise to social, political, and economic developments that dramatically impacted the world (Garcia, Columbian Exchange).

After the Ottoman Empire blocks the spice trade route when they took Constantinople in 1453, force to the European powers to search for new route to reach India and Easter Asia. Through this intent to fine new routes Christopher Columbus arrived in the new world 1492, establishing in the Hispaniola Island today Santo Domingo city, Dominican Republic, from (UNESCO, 1990) “were departure for the spread of European culture and the conquest of the continent. From its port conquerors such as Ponce de Leon, Juan de Esquivel, Herman Cortes, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Alonso de Ojeda and many others departed in search of new lands.”

The Ottomans where an Islamic ruled empire which brought about a certain ideology that gave them the God given rights to the earth. Catholic Europe also had this ideology from where God gave Peter the keys to the kingdom of heaven and endowed upon them earth as well (Matt 16: 19). The catholic church in Europe seemed to have their hands in the cookie jar of European Medieval Government and some what controlled the kings and nobles. On the other hand, the Ottoman Empire was completely controlled by Islamic warriors. These two ideologies

In the article, “The Devastation of the Indies” by Bartoleme de Las Casa, we read about the horrible things that were done to the Indians by the so-called Christians who were heaven sent who were known as the Spaniards. The Spaniards did not consider the Indians as human beings. The Spaniards came into the Indian land and tried to turn them into something they are not. They treated the Indians like dogs and did not pity them in any way.

Preliminary Thesis Statement: Religion is an essential constituent of any civilization with a unique spiritual pathway.