For what purpose did the Spanish bishop Bartolomé de Las Casas write the work known in English as The Tears of the Indians?
A) to entreat other nations to dismantle the Spanish Empire
B) to lament the lost cultures of the Native Americans
C) to encourage the Spanish to convert the Indians to Christianity
D) to critique such Aztec practices as human sacrifice
E) to indict the conquistadores for their cruelty
Answer: E) to indict the conquistadores for their cruelty
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