Which of the following was the MAJOR reason why the Ottoman Empire was so successful in their expansion during the 15th & 16th centuries?
A) The surrounding people were too afraid of the Ottoman to oppose
them.
B) Due to trade the people of the surrounding area did not want to
defend themselves against the Ottomans.
C) The Ottomans were tolerant of diversity and believed in
assimilation, so as long as the conquered followed the Ottomans
Laws they were left to their own traditions.
D) The Ottomans destroyed their enemies.

pizarro staged a mock trial and found atahualpa guilty of revolting against the spanish, practicing idolatry, and murdering huáscar, his brother. atahualpa was sentenced to execution by burning. he was horrified, since the inca believed that the soul would not be able to go on to the afterlife if the body were burned.

when christopher columbus arrived on the bahamian island of guanahani (san salvador) in 1492, he encountered the taíno people, whom he described in letters as "naked as the day they were born." taíno influences survived, however, and today appear in the beliefs, religions, language, and music of caribbean cultures.

ad 1492: taíno meet columbus; “new world” gets new diseases. in the bahamas, the taíno are 125,000 strong in 1492 when they encounter the crew and the italian captain of three spanish ships. christopher columbus seeks a shorter sea route to india to spain get a foothold in the profitable spice trade.

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