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NB: It takes a lot of violence to create an empire.

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00:07

Conquistadors, a la Shmoop.

00:11

Boats. [Jack Sparrow holding up a cruise ship]

00:12

Giant crosses. [two crosses, one in a hat with a handbag]

00:13

Silly hats. [man with a fruit hat]

00:14

And beards. [guy with a large beard]

00:16

What do all of these things have in common? They were all used by Conquistadors. [Conquistadors in a bowl of chili]

00:20

Who were the Conquistadors? An indie rock band? [Conquistadors playing instruments]

00:25

Actually, they were explorers and military leaders who conquered new lands for Spain [dora shows military Conquistadors]

00:30

and Portugal. They colonized much of the world between the [map of Americas with Spanish flags popping up]

00:33

15th and 17th centuries. They were able to conquer much larger armies using their wits…

00:39

and guns…

00:39

and disease. [menu of small pox sandwich and influenza ice cream]

00:41

They brought Spanish and Portuguese culture…[map of Spain, dancer, painting of bull fighting, wine and a soccer ball]

00:44

…language…

00:45

…and religion to all the lands they conquered. [Conquistador flying through the air with Bibles]

00:48

You may have heard of some of the more famous Conquistadors.

00:51

Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire. [portrait of Cortes vs. Aztecs]

00:54

Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incan Empire. [portrait of Pizarro vs Incas]

00:57

Amerigo Vespucci gave his name to the Continents. [portrait of Vespucci and a map of the Americas]

01:02

And Guy “Guido” Fawkes inspired a movie with Natalie Portman.

01:06

Conquistador armies comprised of poor Spaniards looking for work…[picture of poor Spaniards]

01:10

…and slaves from Africa. [picture of slaves getting tortured on a boat]

01:12

Their forces traveled the globe, charting new rivers and coastlines…[Conquistador in a Mario game]

01:15

…discovering new continents and oceans…

01:17

...and killing lots of people.

01:20

They also established the first major treaties between Europe and India, China, and Japan. [Conquistador with world map and flags]

01:26

Some guys like Ponce de Leon went looking for the fabled Fountain of Youth…

01:30

Others searched through the jungles in search for the Lost Cities of Gold. [Lego Indiana Jones in tall grass]

01:33

They did find several new species of animals…[tiger with elephant head]

01:37

As a result of all of this running around and looking for made-up stuff while killing people…

01:41

The Conquistadors brought untold riches back to Europe…[Conquistador packman eats gold]

01:45

…made hundreds of scientific discoveries…

01:47

…and destroyed the boundaries that separated the world’s peoples.

01:51

Their adventures gave birth to the modern world. [Conquistador holds ipad]

01:53

Too bad those hats lost popularity.

01:56

What do you think?

01:57

Did all of the advancements that came about because of the Conquistadors justify all that destruction?

02:02

Shmoop amongst yourselves.

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