The film “When Worlds Collide” offers an in depth analysis of the early influences effecting both European and American civilizations. One area that I found interesting is how different European royalty handled the advancement of their beliefs in the Americans. Each of them faced different obstacles, both in their own land, and abroad with their decisions affecting millions of people globally. Another piece of this documentary I found interesting is how influential our native foods were on a global scale. With most of these foods being taken for granted in our current society, this film demonstrated how large an influence food played in sustaining population growth. In 1492 King Ferdinand and Queen Elizabeth were just at the conclusion of the Wars of Religion, one that freed Spain from an 800 year old Muslim strong hold. Prior to this “Christians lived in the shadows of the Muslims” this victory was briefly described as peaceful, with the Muslim being granted permission for the continuance of observing their religious beliefs. Throughout this film I found a similarity regarding the words spoke of a King and Queen were vastly different than their actions. In this case, they recanted there previous agreement that allowed them to continue their Muslims beliefs and gave them an ultimatum to either convert to Christianity or leave the country. This sounded like a common occurrence in Spain as they continued to pressure Christianity to Jews, Africans slaves, and one of their primary goals for the Americas. Early European missionaries meet strong opposition in America, what they encountered was many different beliefs systems. Some were based on mythical agricultural figures while many were based on cultural beliefs. I found that the adaptability and the fusion of Christianity to be very interesting. Without finding common native religious figures similar to the “Our