In this seminar, participants considered the alternative strategies of the New World that led to high civilizations, particularly in the Andes and Mesoamerica, with attention to foods, conflict, and water management. The two great civilizations encountered by the Spanish, the Aztecs and the Incas, were considered comparatively: were there New World Empires? (Yale-New Haven ...

The Spanish Conquistadors' exploration of the New World from 1500 to 1550 and their contact with Native Americans: Cortez and the Aztecs in Mexico, Peru; the Inca Empire and Pizzaro, Amazonia and the Quest for El Dorado, and North America: Cabeza de Vaca and the American Southwest.  (USA: PBS 2009-20)