Essays on Cortes

Health care settings function in a well collaborative manner where multidisciplinary work environment exists. In a complex care situation, such as transition care of patients, the role of nurse care professionals was believed to be vital in coordinating the care. For instance, in geriatric settings, it is these professionals who can take up the complex tasks to enable the elderly individuals in transition from the care center to their residence seek suitable care and therapy (Cortes, Wexler & Fitzpatrick, 2004). So, there is a growing research interest on how these nurses utilize their potential in administering the care quality for ...

The global Cold War was a significant time for the entire world, as the citizens of every country watched on the edge of their seats to see who would make the next move. Nuclear power sent the world into a frenzy and the aftermath of World War II provided the perfect backdrop for a new global-scale conflict. People were scrambling to diffuse the situation while others waited in fear for the worst-case scenario. The Cold War is known as a time of high tensions, nuclear threats, and depending on where one lived at the time, Communist agendas. The primary ...

Emperor Montezuma and the Aztec Empire

Montezuma II was born in 1446, and he ruled the Aztec Empire from 1502 to 1520 AD. During his reign, the Empire grew immensely. There was a deeply held belief amongst the Aztecs that a god would come from the east to be their Lord. Hernanes Cortes (1495-1547) and a group of Spaniards were prompted by mercantilism to push further into central Mexico in pursuit of rich gold lands. The group moved to the Tenochtitlan city capturing Montezuma II and killed him (Bulliet et al., 1997). Primarily, Emperor Montezuma II expanded the Empire of Aztec, increasing its wealth and ...

Chang, N.-Y., & Liou, T.-Y. (2009). A study of Latino parenting culture and practices: listening to the voices of Latino parents. Hsiuping Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 12, 1-36. Retrieved from http://ir.hust.edu.tw/bitstream/310993100/1599/1/12-01.pdf The article studies culture and practices of childrearing in Latino families. As the authors write, “Traditional Latino parents, in general, may have more rigid parenting values compared to their Caucasian counterparts” (Chang & Liou, 2009, p. 1). The conducted study is based on the qualitative research. First, the authors provide a complete literature review regarding the main values of Latin culture and historical background of their living in ...

General Problem Statement

Homelessness is a worldwide phenomenon observed in all nations regardless of economic development status. Many often believe homelessness is only a result of financial distress but there are many instances wherein homelessness is a result of other circumstances; advocates of the financial viewpoint – Miller, Herzberg, and Ray (2012) – claimed the urgency of addressing economic problems of society to effectively deal and combat homelessness. In contrast, Wright (2009) emphasized political and social origins of the problem rather than economic ones In the hopes of helping the problem, Hodas and Myers highlighted social and educational issues in schools that impact children ...

Residential Property Market in Australia

Australian has seen of the one highest boom in the residential houses market over the last couple of years. Additionally, the house prices have been on the rise. Particularly, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) indicated that the house prices in the country increased by an average of 11.4% before inflation adjustment throughout the major cities in the year 2015 (Chamberlain, Johnson & Robinson 2014). Notably, despite the modest economic growth experienced in Australia, the housing market continued to rise, and there has been a consistent increase in the house prices (Ley 2011). For instance, the eight major cities experienced ...

Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) – a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Aztec Empire. In 1504, Cortes left Spain on the ship "Quintero". In the next 15 years, he fought in the Antilles with the natives. In 1511, together with a prominent Spanish commander D. Velasquez participated in the capture of the island of Cuba. Velasquez became governor, and his favorite Cortes – Secretary. In 1519, a military expedition under the command of Cortes was organized. He entered the capital of the Aztec empire Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City) and captured Montezuma – leader of the Aztecs; long time was governor of Mexico. In 1541, ...

Religious change among the Aztecs

Annotated Bibliography Berdan, Frances, Aztec Archaeology and Ethnohistory, pp. 215-296. NY: Cambridge University Press (2014).

The source tells of the history and religion of the Aztec people.

Burkhart, Louise. “The missionary missionized.” In her The Slippery Earth: Nahua- Christian Moral Dialogue in Sixteenth-Century Mexico, pp. 15-45. Tucson: University of Arizona Press (1989).

This source tells about the implementation of Christianity on Aztec society.

Cervantes, Fernando. “The Indian response.” In his The Devil in the New World, pp. 40- 73. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press (1994) The source reminds one that they should be looking at the paper through an objective lens, rather than proscribing any ideals onto the Aztecs or the Spaniards. Florescano, Enrique, “Transformation of indigenous memory and resurgence of ...

The Writings of Hernan Cortes and Bartolome de las Casas

The Writings of Hernan Cortes and Bartolome de las Casas In the half-century following Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the so-called “New World” of the Western Hemisphere, millions of indigenous peoples were slaughtered, hundreds of villages had been destroyed, and a hundred-year-old empire had fallen. Though all of these events took place at the hands of Spanish conquistadors, contemporary narratives of this tragic moment in history vary. In the early sixteenth century writings of Hernan Cortes and Bartolome de las Cases, two divergent views of the native population of the Americas and the justification for Spanish conquest emerge. This paper ...

A case study of Nucor Steel Corporation

Nucor Steel Corporation was founded in 1897 by Ransom Eli, an auto manufacturer who formed the REO Motor as noted in Nucor-WOW.com. The corporation is headquartered Charlotte, North Carolina and it is the largest steel producer in the United States. Particularly, the corporation operates in three segments namely the Steel Mills, Steel Products as well as the Raw Materials. It manufactures many products ranging from the steer bars and decks as well as the cold rolled bars among other products for industrial uses. Given that the company requires a lot of project management due to the coordination of the ...

Improving Knowledge Management Through Organizational Structure

Improving Knowledge Management Through Structure In today’s information-rich and competitive business environment, successful knowledge management is vital to an organization’s performance. Firms must find effective ways to manage the large amount of available information and get it in the right hands so it can be utilized for the company’s benefit. The efficiency of knowledge is creation and employment is affected by many factors, including technology, leadership, and culture. One avenue to improving knowledge management performance is through the manipulation of organizational structure.

Knowledge has become a core resource for businesses. Knowledge in this context “is defined ...

Columbus and Cortes Indians

The groups of Native Americans, though not well documented can however be found learnt from the writing of the early explorers such as Columbus who had first hand encounter with these groups of people and experienced their ways of life and social structure was largely comprised of fishing, agriculture and hunting. The weapons used by the natives compromised of the bow as and arrows, hooks and nets which were used for fishing as well as spears which were barbed while their sophistry in technology was to be found in the production of objects which included millstones, cloths and baskets ...

Passage for discussion:

“I said everything to them I could to divert them from their idolatries, and draw them to a knowledge of God our Lord. Moctezuma replied, the others assenting to what he said, that they had already informed me they were not the aborigines of the country, but that their ancestors had emigrated to it many years ago; and they fully believed that after so long an absence from their native land, they might have fallen into some errors; that I having more recently arrived must know better than themselves what they ought to believe; and that if I would instruct ...

Conquistador was a name given to the warriors and explorers from Spain who took over and dominated over much of the American colonies in the sixteenth century. The most widely known subjugation were the ones that involved the conquering of the city of Tenochtitlan, the conquering of the Mayan empire, and the domination over the civilization of Peru. The Spanish explorers also subjected the Caribbean colonies to a lot of terror1. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to look into the issue of the Spanish armies in the 1500s and 1600s, and especially at the issue of conquistadors, and discuss ...