Comparing The Works Of Herodotus And Cabeza De Vaca

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first of all Herodotus lived a life seas away from De Vaca where he explored a new world in the Americas. Herodotus explains the ways of the ancient Greeks and how their society was. Like Goat sacrificing wasn’t a real thing (pg. 480). The Gods were created, in his imagination to keep the people at their best and to assure them that there was a higher power to represent them (pg. 483). In Cabeza De Vaca’s writings he describes how they helped the Native Americans with their healing. Most Native American tribes were fairly good at healing medicines, but in certain cases they would bring travelers gifts to heal their very sick. In De Vasa’s time they traded a bow to have the men and priest heal a handful of men, they mostly prayed and gave them