Knights Of Spain, Warriors Of The Sun by Charles Hudson - Chapter 1
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- čas přidán 12. 07. 2013
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Between 1539 and 1542 Hernando de Soto led a small army on a desperate journey of exploration of almost four thousand miles across the Southeast. Until now, his path has been one of history's most intriguing mysteries. With Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun, anthropologist Charles Hudson offers a solution to the question, "Where did de Soto go?" Using a new route reconstruction, for the first time the story of the de Soto expedition can be laid on a map, and in many instances it can be tied to specific archaeological sites.
Arguably the most important event in the history of the Southeast in the sixteenth century, De Soto's journey cut a bloody and indelible swath across both the landscape and native cultures in a quest for gold and personal glory. The desperate Spanish army followed the sunset from Florida to Texas before abandoning its mission. De Soto's one triumph was that he was the first European to explore the vast region that would be the American South, but he died on the banks of the Mississippi River a broken man in 1542.
Abundantly illustrated, Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun is a clearly written narrative that unfolds against the exotic backdrop of a now extinct social and geographic landscape. Hudson masterfully chronicles both De Soto's expedition and the native societies he visited. A blending of archaeology, history, and historical geography, this is a monumental study of the sixteenth-century Southeast.
Thank you for reading this book. It picks up where my public education left off. What I'd give to have seen what this land looked like before my ancestors carved it up and monetized/commodified it. I grew up in North Georgia where anytime I was in the woods, I never felt alone. I always knew I was wandering through sacred land. I tried to imagine the people before me, what they looked and sounded like. I hope to learn more about them through this book. Again, thank you for reading this.
Awesome video 👏
Thank you very much.
My daughter is doing a report for school about the Mexicas a.k.a. Aztecs and some of the information she found on Warfare does not sound right to me. She found that they used clubs, to me that sounds more like the Vikings? I read from the 1491 New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, the Mexicas used spears, darts, and arrows. Can you share something about Warfare, I would appreciate it.
The Mexica (or Aztecs) used various weapons. The "club" that you are referring to was the macahuitl, a bat-shaped wooden club of sorts that had blades made from obsidian, which is sharper than steel. You did NOT want to get cut by those. The sling was also used as a long range weapon. Warfare was brutal, however, to the Mexica, it was vital for enemies to be captured alive, to be sacrificed. If you check out my other book on here, titled "Daily Life Of The Aztecs", you will find all of the answers you are seeking. Thanks for your comment.
Thank you for your response. I will, I appreciate how you created an audiobook for anyone to hear.
The Bison is considered sacred to many Indigenous to many people. There were 5 million bison in 1607. By 1898, there were less than 1,000, or so. Thankfully they are NOT extinct, as the europeans tried to kill all of them off, another act of cultural genocide. There was 100 million plus Indigenous peopls in 1492. By 1898, 95 percent of that number had been killed through genocide.
The truth isn't racist.
P.S. - Hawkermustang, if you really do believe ibn what you say, why erase your comments? Don't worry, I have screen-shotted your comments where you state that whites are superior to my people... what a gutless coward.
What did he say? Anyway thank you I love to hear about our ancestors on both side.
I'm Indigenous, last I checked. And I am not a racist, I don't have the privilege to deny whites anything, the way you racists have denied us ever since your invasion on October 12th, 1492. i speak the truth, not racial hatred. And what glass house would that be again? LMFAO silly bigot...
LMFAO sorry, the "soultreans" are false. "A 2008 study of relevant oceanographic data from the time period in question, co-authored by Kieran Westley and Justin Dix, concluded, however, that "it is clear from the paleoceanographic and paleo-environmental data that the LGM in the North Atlantic does not fit the descriptions provided by the proponents of the Solutrean Atlantic Hypothesis". In other words, the only place you are Indigenous to is EUROPE, not here. Try again!
You sure care enough to reply, now? LMFAO silly bigot
So you are proud of your white privilege, your history of rape, genocide, land theft, biological warfare through smallpox, forced cultural assimilation and racism? Because to me, that is what i see when I hear the term "white".