Statement first is true in this regard because the Spanish had a caste system that included free Africans and former slaves. Cristopher Columbus established the “first Spanish colony” in America, in what now is Haiti and The Dominic Republic.
Since the beginning, Spanish used slavery from Indigenous people in the Americas and they also brought black Africans. Spanish had “Castas”, the equivalent of racial and social hierarchies. Spanish considered slaves inferior beings.
Answer: 1. Assyria was located north of Babylonia, its highland location giving it better climate than Babylonia. 2. Assyrians formed a military dynasty whereas Babylonians became merchants and agriculturalists.
After Muhammad's death in 632 CE, his friend Abu Bakr was named caliph and ruler of the Islamic community, or Ummah. Sunni Muslims believe that Abu Bakr was the proper successor, while Shi'a Muslims believe that Ali should have succeed Muhammad as caliph.
The Rashidun Caliphate (632–661) was led by Abu Bakr, then by Umar ibn Khattab as the second caliph, Uthman Ibn Affan as the third caliph, and Ali as the fourth caliph.
The Brezhnev Doctrine asserted that the Soviet Union would start becoming an important and interfering force in the Eastern part of Europe for one reason only - to preserve communist rule. A part this doctrine was also that they would want to obtain a disarmament agreement between themselves and NATO.
Olmec civilization, The first civilization in central and north America develops in about 1200 BC in the coastal regions of the southern part of the Gulf of Mexico.
