Yes, but they didn't need to take away their gold from them or destroy their books or whatever they had.
And Crusades have been bloody, too.
That's war though. Every war is bloody and the victor takes the spoils.
It wasn't war. Was that was American Settlers did to the Natives war ?
The Crusades were wars.
I already explained about the natives.
Or should the Spanish have left that land the way it was, allowed the Mayans, Aztecs and other tribes* continue to sacrifice humans, rage war against one another and live primitively in the forest?
There were innocent natives who didn't deserve to killed and enslaved but their empires deserved to be destroyed for what they practiced.
(Remind me again...why did this discussion turn into a debate about the Spanish settlers and natives of America?)
*Not sure all them were like this but after slaughtering the Aztecs and other tribes, the Spanish went on to conquer the rest of the land. Why? Well that's what all civilizations do. Expand their land. After the Spanish settled in their part, you then had the English come over and so on. I don't think all the tribes needed to be destroyed but perhaps the Spanish some them as threats (albeit minor ones who be a nuisance if not dealt with).
