The Spanish conquest of America is a morally complex topic. Like any conquest, it involved brutality and violence. But this is not the whole story: to understand the conquest, one has to understand the logic of the conquerors’ world and their situation. The Spanish, having developed a Christian zeal in the long Reconquista, juxtaposed themselves... Continue Reading →
"El espiritu de un pueblo transciende cualquier conquista" (The spirit of a people transcends any conquest) Introduction The Aztecs were a Native American people who inhabited and dominated Central Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest. In the beginning, they were a poor, barbaric and nomadic people absorbing the culture of nearby states, especially... Continue Reading →
As all Assassin's Creed fans know, the Assassin-Templar war has spanned various historical eras such as the Crusades and the Colonial New World Empires. Thus, they were also involved in the 18-19th century New World wars of independence such as the American and Latin American ones. The Spanish colonial empire was fine at first, as... Continue Reading →
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