The Great Exchange-: Crops and Animals of the New and Old World

 

The interaction between the Europeans and the Indigenous people can be described as both positive and negative. The following website highlights the different crops, animals and diseases that were exchanged amongst the "two worlds".

http://www.vos.noaa.gov/MWL/dec_08/great_exchange.shtml

A "Brief" History of the Caribbean (Pre 1492-1898)

The following website contains a brief synopsis of the history of the Caribbean from the time of the indigenous people to the end of the Spanish colonies of the Caribbean. It focuses on the following details:

• The arrival of the Indigenous people to the region
• The arrival of Columbus under the Spanish flag
• The Spanish Caribbean in the 16th century
• The arrival of the British and French to the region
• Sugar and Slavery
• Toussaint L'Ouverture and Haiti
• The End of the Spanish Empire in the Caribbean

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=232&HistoryID=aa23&gtrack=pthc

Christopher Columbus: The Untold Story

The following website contains an article which looks at another side of the "Great" explorer that was Christopher Columbus. The article contains the following details:

• Details of his business contract with Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand
• Details of his wishes to convert the native people
• Details about the proposed enslavement of the indigenous people
• The beginning of Spain's hold on the "New World"

http://www.understandingprejudice.org/nativeiq/columbus.htm

Columbus, The Indians and Human Progress

The following website contains an excerpt of a book by Howard Zinn which takes a look into the Indigenous people of the Americas from the European perspective. It contains the following information:

• The Europeans initial view of the Amerindians and their islands
• The treatment and Decline of the Amerindians

http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinncol1.html

The Americas Before Columbus

The following video is an in-depth look into:

• The reasons why Christopher Columbus made his initial voyage
• The conditions of Europe before his voyage
• The condition of the Americas before his arrival

Ancient Mayan Econmy and Trade

The following website contains information about the Maya Civilization:

• Economy and Trade
• Subsistence Items and Trade
• Prestige Items and Trade
• Obsidian Trade
• Recent Advances in the Study of the Mayan Economy
• Importance of Mayan Economy and Trade

*The website also contains links to other pages which discuss:

• What Happened to the Ancient Maya?
• The Golden Age of the Ancient Maya Civilization
• 10 Things You Did Not Know about the Ancient Maya

http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/Maya/p/Ancient-Maya-Economy-And-Trade.htm

The Ancient Americas The Maya and the Aztects

The following video is a brief documentary about two of the groups which inhabited the mainland of the Americas. It contains the following information about the Maya:

• Agriculture
• Art
• Social Organization
• Trade
• Math and Science
• Location
• Recreation

The Maya

The following website contains the following information about the Maya:

• A video-which highlights some of the accomplishments of the civilization
• Location of settlements
• The Early and Classic Maya periods
• Their Lifestyle and Decline

http://www.history.com/topics/maya

The Tainos and Kalinagos

The following link will take you to another blog which deals primarily with the following aspects of the Tainos and Kalinagos:

• Social Organization
• Leadership
• Religion
• Customs
• Weapons
• Technology
• Interaction between the Tainos and Kalinagos

https://missmango.wikispaces.com/1.+The+Tainos+and+the+Kallinagos

Kalinago Territory, Dominica West Indies

The following video contains a brief look into the life of the Kalinago people of Dominica. It contains information about their:

• migratory and settlement patterns
• agricultural practices
• beliefs/customs
• technology
• interaction with the Europeans.

The Kalinago People in the Caribbean

The following link is a timeline of the Kalinago activities in the Caribbean from 1400-present day. It contains the following information:

• Migration form South America
• Kalinago control of the Windward Islands
• The Kalinago European Encounter
• The African Kalinago Defense of St Vincent
• The Creation of the Carib Reserve
• The Carib Reserve Act of 1978
• Modern Day Kalinago

http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/46779/The-Kalinago-People-in-the-Caribbean/#vars!date=1517-06-30_00:24:58!

The Taino Life

The following website contains the following information about the Taino people:

• Taino Lifestyle -Housing/Dress/Food/Agriculture/Transportation/Defense/Religion/Decline
• Taino Cacique (Leader)
• Taino Cave Painting
• Pictures of Masks

http://tainogallery.com/index.html

Taino Indian Culture

The website below contains pertinent information about the Taino culture. This includes:

• Location of settlements
• Religion
• Myth and Traditions
• Societal Structure
• Appearance
• Agricultural skills
• Technology
• Their Decline
• Impact on todays Society

http://www.topuertorico.org/reference/taino.shtml

The Taino Indians Settlement of the Caribbean

The following link is an article written by Ronald Hopper a member of the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology Western Kentucky University. It contains valuable information about the Taino Indians. It covers the following aspects of their existence:

• Migration and Taino Emergence
• Settlement Patterns and Distribution of the Taino
• Importance of Geographical Location

http://soar.wichita.edu/bitstream/handle/10057/2345/LAJ%202008-p67-74.pdf?sequence=1