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Thorfinn Karlsefni Exploring North America (980-1000’s): Thorfinn Karlsefni and his Scandinavian crew filled a ship with 65 men and 5 men in compliance to share the different goods found within the discovered lands. The crew arrived at Leifs-Booths discovering cattle, food, and other resourceful commodities, which they collected. Then set a sail they discovered a group of people known as â€Å"Skrellings† whom were found in Greenland. The colossal bulls in this new territory scared the cattle from Karlsefni’s ship. Both Karlsefni’s crew and the Skrellings were terrified by the anarchy and were trying to survive. However, not knowing each other’s language made the survival techniques that much more difficult, but eventually both were able to trade merchandises with each other. Thorfinn’s and his wife Gudrid son was later born. Eventually the Scandanivian colonists met no other people and left Vinland to return to Greenland. (137 Words) Europe’s Recovery in the 1400’s: Europe dealt with many burdening issues during the late 1300’s such as the Black Death and had also felt threatened by superior powers’ (Muslims) whom were wealthy, obtained advanced technology, and had overall supremacy. However, many European leaders still traded with Turkish and Muslim markets for valuable goods. Although the European leaders tried to find an alternative route they found that the publication of books would help assist fellow citizens to understand the history and disadvantages they had with the Far East. Undoubtedly the Europeans became more educated. Finally, the Prince Ferdinand and Queen Isabella defeated a Muslim principality in order to gain leadership and ultimately create Spain. Spain was more than accepting of the Italian immigrants. This app... ... slaves for the Spaniards. (158 Words) Hernan Cortes and the Conquistadores-(1500-1600’s): The conquistadores were known to privately enterprise different military leaders in order to make a profit. One of the more popular conquistadores Hernan Cortes was a leader of the Spanish Conquistadores. There were many different rankings, which established the wealth and value of each conquistador. This ranged from either an extremely wealthy noble man to poor, gambling slaves. Cortes was an officer from a lower class stance but in time he was able to attain an entire population of the valley â€Å"Oaxaca† to follow his rule. Having such governance Cortes was then able to lead an expedition, which nearly abolished the Aztec Empire. This expedition changed many less wealthy Spaniards perception into making them want to work harder and obtain more value in society. (124 Words)