He gave them useless glass beads
Forced them to work
Brought several of them back to Spain
He drank water out of their gourds
This is not true. Cities and Civilizations go back to the time of the Agricultural/Neolithic revolution around 7 000 years ago. For example, we have archaeological evidence for cities from this time.
However, the question depends on the interpretation of "recent": compared to the time span of evolution from Most Recent Common Ancestor with Chimpazees (5 million years ago): this is very recent.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
The role played in abolitionism by Christianity and by the revolutionary tradition in the Atlantic world was very important to sustain a permanent demand to abolish slavery in the United States. Both played an important role in shaping the views of black and white abolitionists.
However, Christianity could have been a determinant factor to convince Americans due to the fact that religion used examples from Biblical passages of the behavior, conduct, and actions of Jesus of Nazareth.
Since the Quakers' time in the Pennsylvania colony, their ideas of love one another, despite race, the color of skin, or nationality, permeated in most part of the northern states. Indeed, it was a Quaker woman -Elizabeth Coltman- who influenced the foundation of an Anti-Slavery Society in America when she published the book <em>"Immediate, not Gradual Abolition."</em>
Answer:
in fifteen years of conquest Alexander never lost a battle
he named more than 70 cities himself and one after his horse
he was tuaght by aristotle but had famous run ins with other philosophers
he formed one of the largest contiguous empires in history before his death in 323 bc
