I'm not a historian, and this is a question that has bothered me for quite some time, since I feel that a lot of the history we are taught is kind of Euro centered. Through Latin America, "Indian" (indigenous) people are looked down upon, and thought of being dirty, savages, ignorant, even to this day. A legacy from the Spanish conquista. And this is why I'd like to see a comparison between Spain and the new world's civilizations (Mayan, Aztecs, Zapotecs, Olmeca, Toltecs, Inkas etc) at the time of the conquista. What was more advanced and/or thought of differently in each part? (Like the difference in the understanding of wars between the Spanish and the Triple Alliance people) We hear a lot of the beautiful things that Europe has produced, but I have always been curious to know what the beautiful things from the ancient American civilizations were.
Thank you and apologies for my bad English
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