Early Caribbean Slave Revolts, Rebellions, and Conspiracies
Caribbean slave owners kept careful watch for suspected slave rebellions and thwarted most very quickly, but the Coromantees and Maroons kept trying.
The Caribbean islands...
Rumi Maki – Inca Fighting Style or Modern Martial Art of Peru?
The introduction to Rumi Maki Fighting Arts: Martial Techniques of the Peruvian Inca is reminiscent of a Karate Kid movie. A teenager from Lima...
Slave Ship Captains of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Who were the men who commanded the slave ships on the Middle Passage and what exactly did they do?
On the slave ship, the captain...
The Markets of Tenochtitlan: A Vast Choice of Goods in the Aztec Capital
The Aztecs held their tianguis (markets) in Tenochtitlan every five days, selling everything from food and medicines to ornaments, tiles and woods.
When the Spanish...
The Spanish Conquest of the New World
Spain's soldier-explorers, the Conquistadors, overthrew the two most powerful native kingdoms of the New World - the Aztec kingdom of Mexico and the Inca...
Hernan Cortez and the Quetzalcoatl Prophecy: How the Spanish Conquest of Mexico was Facilitated...
With the stars lining up for him, Hernan Cortes' conquest of Mexico may have been made easier by the centuries old prophecy of a...
Male Domination in Latin American Society
Citizenship in Latin America had traditionally been extremely divided. From Independence well into the twentieth century, only wealthy males were allowed to participate in...
Inca Mythology: The Realms of Hanan Pacha, Kay Pacha & Uku Pacha
Inca mythology was divided into three realms: Hanan Pacha, Kay Pacha and Uku Pacha. Inca religion, the cosmos and the Inca worldview in general...
Inca Population: How Many Incas Were There?
The geographical range of the Inca Empire has been quite reliably mapped using existing archeological evidence. However, the actual Inca population of the pre-conquest...
Nazca Lines & the World’s First Hot Air Balloon: A Theory of Ancient Flight...
In the 1970s, an American by the name of Jim Woodman set out to prove his new and radical Nazca Lines theory. While both...