Friday, March 26, 2010

Why are the ancient people of Latin America portrayed so violently? Aidan Travers, Jake Nolan, Evelyn Vinson, and Lacey Hogue

hy are the ancient people of Latin America portrayed so violently?

Aidan Travers, Jake Nolan, Evelyn Vinson, and Lacey Hogue

In the books and videos we have watched, the ancient people of Latin America were portrayed violently. One reason for this was that the Aztecs captured enemy soldiers and sacrificed them in religious ceremonies. I think that is too violent, they could just question the soldier for where the enemy camp is. I don't think they were as bad as people portrayed though because they did invent a lot a lot of things, like chocolate, the calendar, the number zero, and other things. Really, people just saw how different they thought the ancient Latin Americans religion was. To them, our religion was probably curious. I think that the ancient people of Latin America were portrayed violently because of there different religion that had ceremonies that Spanish had never seen before and the different warfare.

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