Yucatan Culture Changes

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Jamie Scaltrito
CORE 3208 Professor Brown
Final Paper The world changes, as does culture and society. Culture defines us as human beings, even though it is not biological in nature. Naturally, throughout time, culture is ever changing, even though that is sometimes through force, or even slavery. Culture is part of human history. The Caribbean and Yucatan went through many cultural changes through history due to the Spanish. These changes, forever changed their history and life as they once knew it. When the Spanish traveled to the Caribbean, they did not know who they would meet, or where they were. They encountered the Taino people. The Taino were considered “peaceful” by Columbus, who thought they would make good Christians. Perhaps, it is thought …show more content…

The year was 1492, when they first made contact. Columbus left his men there, only to find them mostly dead a year later. The Taino killed most of the Spanish men, due to fear. As, their own people were being killed and raped. The Maya had a different experience. They were having their own problems in their own culture, such as climate issues with drought, fighting among their own people, and other major issues. This made it easier to take advantage of them. However, the Maya had one major thing against the Spanish that the Taino did not. This was knowledge of the Spanish. Through trade and word of mouth, even from the Taino, the Mayans knew what the Spanish were up to. They also had knowledge of this, by previous encounters, in which all their men were killed, and the Columbus canoe mishap which

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