the entire frakking globe
how tiny Spain‘s influence spread around the world and shaped the lives of almost every human on the palnet.(negative ways. )
1532 西班牙成立 4-6million people
1.the viceroyalty of new spain,founded in 1521. the viceroyslty of peru,founded in 1542.
2.their administrative structures were similar.there was a similar link between secular and religious power.
3.(While most of the Spanish aristocrats who came over ran large agricultural operations)
the real glory for conquistadors was gold.
mita:vitally,they ordered every male peasant under the Inca control to do unpaid work for the Inca government for a specified period of time each year(无偿工作).
the Spanish would later adopt this system, and the hierarchical system with the emperor at the top,except they would make it all,much suckier。
4.In South America it was cheaper to use indigenous labor.
African slaves didn't have experience working at high altitudes.
Mine work was super deadly.
5.(Spain became the richest nation in Europe and Spanish silver pesos bacame the de-facto currency. )
the huge influx of silver caused skyrocketing inflation(通货膨胀).
(since they never set tax rates to account for it,they collected the same amount of money sixty years after the discovery of silver, but that money was worth a fraction of what it once had been.之后的六十年才开始使用和白银等同的货币。)
1516 into war
6.1/3 China
China had encountered inflation of its own after printing the world's first paper money in the 12th century, so they switched back to coins.纸币出来造成通货膨胀,回归硬币交易。
coins were made out of copper or bronze。Chinese economy was so big,no.1 in world. so they went to silver.???
16 century china changed its tax structure.