Jorge Ibarüengoitia

Apr 18, 2024 | fivebooks.com | Camilla Townsend |Jorge Ibarüengoitia |Friedrich Katz |Ruth Behar

Why is Mexican history interesting to study? Mexico has played a crucial role in modern global history. It was the first part of mainland America colonised by a European people. It became the richest part of the biggest, richest early modern European empire—the Spanish empire. It produced a lot of the silver bullion that would drive European economic expansion and economic globalisation in the period between 1500 and 1800, roughly speaking, which coincided with the colonial period in Mexico.