This is where you will find a list of the main themes addressed by each lecture before class. After class, you will find the PWP of each lecture here. These key terms are the identifications for both midterms and finals.

W. Jan 7, Aztec and Inca political realms: utopias or empires?

Noble Savage

Types of Amerindian Societies

Triple Alliance

Celebration of Coatepec

Vertical Archipelago

M. Jan. 12.  Spain and Portugal, the vanguard of the Atlantic?

Reconquest

Mesta

Iberian Cities

Portugal

1492

W. Jan 14. Atlantic Africa

Portuguese Sailing to Africa

Benin Soldiers

South Atlantic System

Coerced and Free Migrations

Gender and Slave Trade

F, Jan. 16: Columbus and the Caribbean

Canary Islands

Columbus’ Background

Portrayals of Indigenous People

Indigenous Slavery

Bartolomé de las Casas

W. Jan 20:  The Conquest of Mexico

Malintzin / Malinche

Mexica views of the conquest

Tlaxacalan views of the conquest

Spanish views of the conquest

Views on Moctezuma

F. Jan 23: Conquistadors and Peru

Castilian Conquistadors

Black Conquistadors

Cajamarca

Vilcabamba

1540s Civil War in Peru