Spanish conquest

GPTKB entity

Statements (68)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:causedBy desire for wealth
gptkbp:documentedIn historical texts
Spanish_chroniclers
gptkbp:facilitates alliances with indigenous groups
superior_weaponry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Spanish conquest
gptkbp:includes conquest_of_Tenochtitlan
conquest_of_Cusco
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Spanish_language
mercantilism
the Reformation
the quest for glory
the search for new trade routes
Renaissance_ideas
Spanish_culture
European_rivalries
the_Treaty_of_Tordesillas
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Spanish_Empire
gptkb:Hernán_Cortés
gptkb:Francisco_Pizarro
gptkb:Spanish_conquistadors
disease spread
Spanish_colonization_efforts
Spanish_explorers
gptkbp:is_characterized_by territorial expansion
treasure hunting
land grants
forced labor
military expeditions
encomienda system
religious conversion efforts
intermarriage
the establishment of plantations
political domination
the establishment of new cities
the rise of mestizo culture
economic monopolies
slavery of indigenous peoples
the_introduction_of_European_agriculture
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Age_of_Discovery
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:Spanish_crown
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:colonization_of_the_Americas
demographic changes
new social hierarchies
establishment of viceroyalties
spread_of_Christianity
establishment_of_Spanish_missions
gptkbp:occursIn 16th century
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Bartolomé_de_las_Casas
indigenous resistance
the doctrine of discovery
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:fall_of_the_Aztec_Empire
cultural assimilation
exploitation of resources
cultural syncretism
economic exploitation
fall of the Inca Empire
the decline of indigenous populations
loss of indigenous autonomy
cultural_exchange
gptkbp:was_marked_by cultural destruction
massacres
violence and warfare
the establishment of colonial governments
cultural imposition
the spread of diseases like smallpox
the_introduction_of_European_animals.