Clash Culture • Two cultures contact, • they present phenomena of exchange of cultures and customs • modify both societies. • a group of people conquers to another • there is a violent imposition of the culture of the stronger • the destruction of the identity of the defeated. • In wars of conquest, the advantage of firearms allowed the Spanish subdue the indigenous people, • Indigenous were subjected to slavery • of exploitation • to extract and accumulate metallic and earthly wealth Exploitation : • The encomienda: a group of indigenous people was brought to a concentration to work on tasks whose products benefited the Spanish in exchange for a small payment that did not allow them to improve their living conditions. • • The mita: the indigenous people of a community were drawn by lot to work for a determined time on the properties of the Spaniards • The yanaconazgo: allowed to permanently enslave the people prisoners of the wars - without receiving remuneration