1) Mesoamerica and spain the conquest
2) Spiritual Conquest
3) Meso
Discuss the following in the essay:
1) What was the role that religion played in the "conquest" of the various culture groups in the Americas?
2) Discuss this by citing some specific examples from the readings on how it worked with the Aztecs, Michoacan, and with the Maya.
3) As part of the discussion above, address how: power (control/ or desire to control resources), ethnocentrism, and religion/or belief system, all worked together to unfold a comprehensive imperial process of conquest.