- Compare and contrast the imperial expansion of the Aztecs and the Incas. What factors created pressure for continued expansion in each empire?
- Compare and contrast imperial government in the Aztec and Inca empires. How did each empire control subject peoples and exploit their labor and resources?
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LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD
- What important similarities are there between the histories of the Western and Eastern Hemispheres prior to 1500? How would you account for these similarities?
- How might European conquest and colonization of the Americas after 1500 have shaped our view of the civilizations of the Americas as they existed prior to 1500?
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