Re: Απάντηση: Maps of war...
Δεν ξέρω για ποιους πληθυσμούς ιθαγενών μιλάς, αλλά από ότι γνωρίζω ολόκληροι πληθυσμοί μεγάλων αυτοκρατοριών όπως οι Μάγια και οι Ίνκα, αποδεκατίστηκαν στην διάρκεια της ισπανικής κατάκτησης, που συμπεριλάμβανε και τον εκχριστιανισμό τους.
MEXICO:
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was
one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The invasion began in February 1519 and was acclaimed victorious on August 13, 1521, by a coalition army of Spanish conquistadors and Tlaxcalan warriors led by Hernán Cortés and Xicotencatl the Younger against the Aztec Empire.
O Cortes με ελάχιστους στρατιώτες εκμεταλλευόμενος τοπικές δεισιδαιμονίες * και φυσικά -χωρίς να το γνωρίζει βιολογικό πόλεμο: τις αρρώστιες που κουβαλούσαν- έφτασε να σφάξει την αριστοκρατία των Αζτέκων και να κατακτήσει όλη την κεντρική Αμερική. Για το χρήμα και τη δόξα του φυσικά (μπορώ να σου δώσω και άλλες λεπτομέρειες)...καμία σχέση με εκχριστιανισμό...
*Written in the native tongue of Nahuatl, the Sahugan natives of the Aztec empire described seven omens that were believed to have occurred 10 years prior to the arrival of the Spanish from the Gulf of Mexico. The seven omens included:
Aztec empire on the eve of the Spanish Invasion
1. a strange appearance in the eastern sky,
2. fire consuming the temple of Huitzilopochtli,
3. a lightning bolt destroying the straw temple of Xiuhtecuhtli,
4. the appearance of streaking fire across the oceans,
5. the “boiling,” and later flooding, of a lake nearby Tenochtitlan,
6. a woman weeping in the middle of night
7. the capturing of an unknown creature with a fishing net
INCA EMPIRE:
Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro explored south from Panama, reaching Inca territory by 1526.
It was clear that they had reached a wealthy land with prospects of great treasure**. After one more expedition in 1529,
Pizarro returned to Spain and received royal approval to conquer the Inca region and become its viceroy.
Pizarro did not have a formidable force. With just 180 men, 27 horses and 1 cannon, he often used diplomacy to talk his way out of potential confrontations that could have easily ended in defeat
** EL DORADO (θυμίζει κάτι?)
