Spanish conquest of the Caribbean
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The Spanish conquest of the Caribbean was the early phase of Spain’s overseas expansion in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, during which Spanish explorers and conquistadors subjugated indigenous island societies and established the first permanent European colonies in the Americas.
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| Spanish conquest of the Caribbean canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17146795 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Spanish conquest of the Caribbean Context triple: [Spanish conquest of Central America, follows, Spanish conquest of the Caribbean]
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Spanish conquest of Hispaniola
The Spanish conquest of Hispaniola was the late 15th- and early 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces subjugated the indigenous Taíno population on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, establishing one of Spain’s first permanent colonies in the Americas.
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Spanish colonization of the Americas
The Spanish colonization of the Americas was the extensive imperial expansion by Spain from the late 15th century onward that conquered and settled vast territories in the Western Hemisphere, reshaping indigenous societies, economies, cultures, and demographics across the New World.
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Spanish conquest of Cuba
The Spanish conquest of Cuba was the early 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces subjugated the island, overthrowing Indigenous societies and establishing it as a key colonial base in the Caribbean.
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Spanish conquest of Jamaica
The Spanish conquest of Jamaica was the early 16th-century military and colonial campaign by Spain that seized control of the island from its Indigenous inhabitants and incorporated it into the Spanish Empire.
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Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire was the 16th-century military campaign led primarily by Francisco Pizarro that overthrew the powerful Inca civilization in the Andes and brought its vast territories under Spanish colonial rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Spanish conquest of the Caribbean Target entity description: The Spanish conquest of the Caribbean was the early phase of Spain’s overseas expansion in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, during which Spanish explorers and conquistadors subjugated indigenous island societies and established the first permanent European colonies in the Americas.
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A.
Spanish conquest of Hispaniola
The Spanish conquest of Hispaniola was the late 15th- and early 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces subjugated the indigenous Taíno population on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, establishing one of Spain’s first permanent colonies in the Americas.
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B.
Spanish colonization of the Americas
The Spanish colonization of the Americas was the extensive imperial expansion by Spain from the late 15th century onward that conquered and settled vast territories in the Western Hemisphere, reshaping indigenous societies, economies, cultures, and demographics across the New World.
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C.
Spanish conquest of Cuba
The Spanish conquest of Cuba was the early 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces subjugated the island, overthrowing Indigenous societies and establishing it as a key colonial base in the Caribbean.
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D.
Spanish conquest of Jamaica
The Spanish conquest of Jamaica was the early 16th-century military and colonial campaign by Spain that seized control of the island from its Indigenous inhabitants and incorporated it into the Spanish Empire.
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E.
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire was the 16th-century military campaign led primarily by Francisco Pizarro that overthrew the powerful Inca civilization in the Andes and brought its vast territories under Spanish colonial rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
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