Enlightenment from the conflict in Cajamarca

The biggest demographic change in modern times was the migration of Europeans to the New World, and the subsequent conquest of American Indians, which reduced or completely disappeared the number of indigenous people.

During this period, the most dramatic moment in the relationship between Europeans and Native Americans was the first meeting between Inca emperor Atahualpa and Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro in Cajamarca, Peru 1532+065438+ 10/6.

In this conflict, 168 Spanish soldiers led by Pizarro fought against more than 80,000 Indians, and were finally outnumbered. Pizarro captured Atahualpa, the leader of the other side. Pizarro then detained his prisoner for eight months and extorted the highest ransom in history in exchange for his promise to release him. The ransom is gold, enough to fill a room 22 feet long, 17 feet wide and more than 8 feet high. But after the ransom was paid, Pizarro broke his promise and put Atahualpa to death:

Atahualpa's capture provides us with a broad window to observe the history of the world. The factors that led Pizarro to capture Atahualpa basically determined the results of many conflicts between immigrants and aborigines in other parts of the modern world.

The direct reasons for Pizarro's success include: military technology based on guns, steel weapons and dark horses; Infectious diseases in Eurasia; European navigation technology; Centralized and unified administrative organization and writing in European countries.

What enlightenment and discovery can we get from the conflict in Cajamarca?

1. Why are astronauts born?

Columbus discovered the new continent by accident because he mastered the navigation technology. To their surprise, the natural conditions in this new continent are very good, suitable for planting crops and developing animal husbandry. Moreover, the area of the New World is nearly nine times that of Western Europe, and it is rich in natural resources, such as a large number of silver and other mineral resources. This new world completely changed the economic situation in Europe, and laid the foundation for the western society that was lagging behind the eastern society at that time, and then quickly caught up.

Astronauts today are a bit like Columbus, a sailor at that time. With mankind's comprehensive understanding of the earth, the places that can survive on the earth have also been carved up and occupied by various countries. Therefore, for us, the earth is no longer mysterious, but more exploratory. On the other hand, outer space is not.

What does it mean to successfully find land suitable for human habitation in outer space?

If one day the earth is really uninhabitable. Then, if human beings want not to become extinct, they must go to outer space. Of course, the premise is as suitable for human habitation as the earth.

By the way, it sounds a bit too open for humans to escape to outer space, doesn't it? However, as long as you imagine yourself as Columbus, will you suddenly feel that going to outer space by spaceship is the same as going to America by boat? The unknown scares us and makes me feel unreal, but it doesn't mean it can't be realized.

Let's imagine that if the end of the world really comes, outer space can only accommodate110 people on earth now. What will happen again?

Who can have a place? It is obviously a country with stronger comprehensive national strength. First of all, there must be high-tech means of transportation like manned spacecraft; Secondly, the technology must be mature and able to transport personnel safely. Therefore, countries that fail to achieve this goal will be eliminated. This is the meaning of a strong country through science and technology.

Second, why is "Three-body" on fire?

"Three-body" is a very famous science fiction work of Liu, and it is a bold imagination based on extraterrestrial civilization.

You can make an analogy. As a former China person, imagine them, and you will know that there are Americans and Europeans. It's just that now we imagine life outside the earth.

Take the human history mentioned above as an example, there will be conflicts between famous indigenous peoples and immigrant peoples. So, what will happen when the earth civilization meets the extraterrestrial civilization in the future?

They may be more advanced or lower than the earth civilization. They may be violent or friendly. Everything is unknown. ...

What is the crisis? There is an opportunity in danger, and there is danger in opportunity. No one knows how human civilization will develop in the future. But judging from the history of human development, this is a spiritual and intelligent group, which is in line with the will of the universe.