Many Native Americans converted to Christianity because they thought this was the only way to save themselves from dying from the Europeans' diseases. They also lost their religion. The 'encomienda' system (legalized slavery) also negatorily affected their simple way of life.
<span>Many Native American populations were utterly destroyed by the Europeans' previously unknown diseases long before they ever actually laid eyes on them. Smallpox, chicken pox and the measles were unkown in North America before the Europeans' arrival. </span>
<span>Thanks to the "Mission System' employed by the Spanish </span>Conquistadores<span>, many Native American religious practices, customs, and uiltimately, languages were lost forever. Many Native Americans were virtually enslaved. Others were outright tricked and killed by the "civilized" intruders.</span>
Phoenician alphabet was spread as the first Alphabet....
By birth? i think? do you mean like how did they get in a certain caste? because then it would be by birth. but if you mean like what were the castes, i forget.
The main <span>connection between the Great Wall and the Mongols was that the Great Wall was erected by the Chinese in an attempt to keep the Mongols out of China (this largely failed). </span>
