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Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro, (born c. 1475, Trujillo, Extremadura, Castile [Spain]—died June 26, 1541, Lima [now in Peru]), Spanish conqueror of the Inca empire and founder of the city of Lima.
Hernan Cortes
Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the king of Castile in the early 16th century.
Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint Louverture, (born c. 1743, Bréda, near Cap-Français, Saint-Domingue [Haiti]—died April 7, 1803, Fort-de-Joux, France), leader of the Haitian independence movement during the French Revolution (1787–99). He emancipated the slaves and negotiated for the French colony on Hispaniola, Saint-Domingue (later Haiti), to be governed, briefly, by Black former slaves as a French protectorate.
Semi-Sedentary
sedentary during part of the year and nomadic otherwise
Non-Sedentary
Sedentary
Hegemony
Transculturation
Viceroyalties
Encomienda System
Tawantinsuyu
Atahualpa
Moctezuma