Answer: Like other conquistadors, Hernando Cortés was eager to win riches and glory. He had heard rumors of a fabulously wealthy Native American empire in Mexico. With only about 600 soldiers and 16 horses, Cortés set sail for Mexico in 1519 in search of gold. Moctezuma (mok tuh zoo muh), the Aztec emperor who ruled over much of Mexico, heard disturbing reports of a large floating on the sea. It was filled with white men with long, thick beards. Aztec sacred writings predicted that a powerful white skinned god would come from the east to rule the Aztec. The strangers were approaching Tenochtitlán (tay nawch teet LAHN), the Aztec capital, which is now Mexico City. Moctezuma decided to welcome them as his guests. Cortés took advantage of Moctezuma’s invitation. Shrewdly, Cortés had already begun to win the support of other Indians who resented Aztec rule. One of his trusted advisers was an Indian woman the Spanish called Dona Marina. She gave Cortés valuable information about the Aztec and acted as a translator and negotiator. On November 8, 1519, Cortés marched into Tenochtitlán. The city was much larger than any Spanish city at that time. Thousands upon thousands of Aztecs turned out to see the astonishing newcomers riding horses. Díaz recalled: “Who could count the multitude of men, women and children which had come out on the roofs, in their boats on the canals, or in the streets, to see us?”—Bernal Díaz del Castillo, True History of the Conquest of New Spain At first, Cortés was friendly to Moctezuma. Soon, however, he made the emperor a prisoner in his own city. Tensions mounted in Tenochtitlán over the next half year. Finally, the Aztec drove out the Spanish. Their victory, however, was brief. Aided by people whom the Aztec had conquered, Cortés recaptured the city. In the end, the Spanish destroyed Tenochtitlán, and Moctezuma was killed. The Aztec empire had fallen. Another conquistador, Francisco Pizarro (pee sahr oh), set his sights on the Incan empire. Pizarro sailed down the Pacific coast of South America with fewer than 200 Spanish soldiers. In 1532, he captured the Incan emperor Atahualpa (ah tuh WAHL puh) and later executed him. Without the leadership of Atahualpa, Incan resistance collapsed. By 1535, Pizarro controlled much of the Incan empire.
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The silk road is an ancient overland trade route that connects China with Europe.
Answer: This is quite a complicated question and therefore requires quite a complicated and extensive answer. While it may seem like a minimum wage is good for the lowest-paid workers it isn't very good for an economy and workers as a whole. The reason for this being is that having a minimum wage and subsequently raising it (as is being done throughout the United States) boosts inflation meaning the price for products rises, (essentially negating all benefits that the workers received from a higher minimum wage.) Now while the lowest class workers don't really receive any benefit from this as their wage goes up but the products they produce also go up in price as well, but the average middle class consumer gets hit hard by this as their product prices raise but they still have the same wage. Another downside to having a minimum wage and having it consistently rising is that companies are forced to cut employees or not hire any more people all together. This is why jobless claims rise after wages rise. Companies cannot afford to pay workers a higher minimum wage and keep all their workers at the same time otherwise they would go in the red. This forces them to make cuts in staffing. Minimum wage would mandate that even if a potential worker and company agree on a price to pay for their work, the law would mandate that this would not be a possibility essentially making work harder to find. Minimum wage should not even really be needed as companies and workers should be able to find a good and fair price for work on their own without the governments help. If a worker doesn't like the wage they are receiving then they can quite and find a better paying job. This also boosts competition among businesses as they are all fighting for workers to fill their jobs and would also raise the wage, but in a natural process without all the detriments that artificially raising the minimum wage brings. Companies should be allowed to hire workers at whatever pay per hour they so what as long as it is agreed to as well by the worker. This means that more jobs are open to a more wide variety of people and that also means that if people want to work for less they can still be open to that opportunity as well.
