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Second Punic War Punic Wars
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Flamenco Dance Art Form
1,347 words... in temples during religious rites the sacred Indian dances eventually began to be performed outside the temples in India. As the dances were performed publicly more often, laypersons adopted and modified the movements. Through caravans and trading vessels different cultures witnessed the simplified dances and returned home with a new and exhilarating form of movement dedicated to personal expression. The more simplified dances also dispersed throughout Spain when Indian gypsies followed Moor...
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Vera Cruz Aztec Empire
1,144 wordsCort's, Here or Cortez, Hernando (1485 - 1547), Spanish explorer and conqueror of the Aztec Empire of Mexico. Cort's was born in Medelln, Extremadura. He studied law at the University of Salamanca, but cut short his university career in 1501 and decided to try his fortune in the New World. He sailed for Santo Domingo in the spring of 1504. In 1511 he joined the Spanish soldier and administrator Diego Velzquez in the conquest of Cuba, and subsequently became alcalde (mayor) of Santiago de Cuba. I...
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Began To Change West Indies
1,104 wordsIn the Middle Ages, the definition of wealth was based on the amount of productive land. According to this definition, France was the wealthiest and therefore the most powerful of the European nations. During the sixteenth century the definition of wealth began to change. As the ability to conduct profitable foreign trade increased, so did the amount of cash. Thus, the new definition of wealth came to mean the gain of cash or specie. Specie included gold, silver, or bullion. The wealthiest natio...
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4 Th Ed Southeast Asia
1,140 words... nay and Luzon. The more recent Malays are somewhat common and are widely spread across the nation. Tribes such as the Igroto live in the jungles of Baguio, Batangas, and Tarlac on the main island of Luzon. The Bontoc tribes are on the islands of Samar, Leyte, Masbate, and a few in the forests of Negros. The Tinguians can be found mainly in the island of Palawan, but some are known to have migrated to Mindanao. These are just some of the many ethnic tribes that inhabit the Philippine islands ...
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Benchmark How Did Spain Establish An American Empire
712 wordsIn 1507, Spain published an Introduction to Cosmography to which are added The Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci The atlas proposed that the fourth part of the earth -- -beyond Europe, Asia, and Africa -- -that Amerigo discovered should be called Amerigo, the land of Amerigo or America. The latter paragraphs will include the vigorous expeditions and actions taken that led the Spaniards to establish an American Empire. A quarter century after Columbus first voyage, Spain concentrated its attention...
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Cia World Factbook Workers Party
1,057 wordsPolitical System Spain is a parliamentary monarchy. Chief of state is the hereditary monarch and the head of government is the President of the Government. The President designates the cabinet which is called the Council of Ministers. Spain is also has a bicameral legislative branch. The General Courts or National Assembly or Las Cortes Generales consists of the Senate or Senado and the Congress of Deputies or Congreso de los Diputados (CIA World Factbook). In order for legislation to pass the t...
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The Accidental Crusade Spanish American War Part 1
1,662 wordsThe accidental crusade: The Spanish American War The Spanish-American War was brief, but it became the beginning of the American overseas empire, formal and informal. For Several centuries Spain remained the World's empire and its colonies were spread worldwide. But by the end of the nineteenth century only few Spanish possessions remained in the Pacific, Africa and West India. Most part of the former Spanish possessions gained independence or fell into other hands. The remained colonies struggl...
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Spanish Civil War Ernest Hemingway
2,371 wordsFor Whom the Bell Tolls is a novel loosely based on Ernest Hemingway's own experiences in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930 s. Before I delve into the book itself, I thought it would be best to give some background information on Ernest Hemingway and on the Spanish Civil war and the circumstances surrounding it. Hemingway was born July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, and the second of six children. His father, Clarence Hemingway, was a physician and his mother was a devoutly religious woman with...
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Santo Domingo Christopher Columbus
838 wordsChristopher Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in search for the all-water route to Asia, but instead achieved fame for making landfall in the Caribbean Sea. Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. His father was a weaver, and it is believed that Columbus entered this trade as a young man. In the mid- 1470 s he made his first trading voyage to the island of Kids, in the Aegean Sea. Settling in Lisbon, where...
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Gaius Julius Caesar Ides Of March
1,704 wordsGaius Julius Caesar was born on July 13, 100 BC. Although patrician descent, Caesars family had not achieved real prominence. His father, also named Gaius Julius Caesar, was the brother-in-law of Gaius Marius and married Aurelia, who was connected with the prominent Aurelii family; he died about 85 BC, however, before reaching the consulship. In 84, Caesar married Cornelia, daughter of Marius old partner Lucius Cornelius China. When Lucius Cornelius Sulla ordered him to divorce her, he refused a...
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20 Th 1506 Died In Valladolid Columbus
762 wordsChristopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy on August 25 th 1451, and he died in Valladolid Spain on May 20 th 1506. His life is filled with mystery and controversy. Even though there has been controversy about his birth date and this birthplace, the historians have narrowed it down to this date and place. His childhood is another mystery. It is said that Columbus was the oldest of five children to poor wool weavers. His son has stated that Columbus had attended the University of Pavia; Columb...
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Christopher Columbus People Thought
624 wordsThere was a man by the name of Christopher Columbus, who went down in history for starting the discovery of a new world. He had no plans for finding this new land. His goal was to find a quicker way to Asia for trade in which he would make pure profit. (Armento 17) Did this man live up to his reputation? Was he a man honorable enough to go down into history for finding a new land and starting a new era of exploration? Christopher Columbus had great success, but also many failures. He was most su...
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Vel Zquez Vera Cruz
1,194 wordsCortez, Hernando Cort s, Hern n or Cortez, Hernando (1485 - 1547), Spanish explorer and conqueror of the Aztec Empire Mexico. Cort s was born in Model n, Extremadura. He studied law at the University of Salamanca, but cut short his university career in 1501 and decided to try his fortune in the New World. He sailed for Santo Domingo in the spring of 1504. In 1511 he joined the Spanish soldier and administrator Diego Vel zquez in the conquest of Cuba, and subsequently became alcalde (mayor) of Sa...
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Second World War 19 Th Century
3,276 wordsINTRODUCTION Philippines, republic in the western Pacific Ocean, made up of the Philippine Islands and forming in physical geography a part of the Malay Archipelago. Situated about 1210 km (about 750 mi. ) east of the coast of Vietnam, the Philippines is separated from Taiwan on the north by the Based Channel. The republic is bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea, on the south by the Celebes Sea, and on the west by the South China Sea. The country comprises about 7100 islands, of which only ...
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Marriage Henry
578 wordsattitudes and wrote him treaties on the art of government. Isabella? The Catholic? was born on April 22, 1451 with the Spanish name? Isabel La Catholic. ? She became heiress of Castile when King Henry took her in as his daughter. Without Henry? s permission, she married Ferdinand in October 1469 in the palace of Juan de Vivero, at Valladolid. King Henry then rejected Isabella? s claim to the throne and gave it to his daughter Joan. Ferdinand and Isabella? s marriage ended centuries of rivalry be...
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Gaius Julius Caesar Pontifex Maximus
4,911 words1 Julius Caesar CONTENTS 1 Introduction 2 A Star is Born 3 Rise to Power 4 The Ultimate Betrayal 5 Reflections 6 Bibliography Introduction Many things can be said about great men. You never can tell exactly just what makes a man great. Looks, personality, a strong mind, these are all good qualities to look for in a man. Speaking as a woman, I know women look for all these qualities and then some. Does he have a good job? A fine house? Good credit? Many of these questions plague the minds of wome...
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Ponce De Leon Juan Ponce De
1,701 wordsJuan Ponce de Leon was born in 1460, in Tierra de Campos Paleia, in Leon, Spain (Ponce, 1996). He came from a noble family and entered the royal household as a page for Pedro Nunez de Guzman, at the Court of Aragon. Later, young Ponce de Leon would become a solider for Spain and fight in the battles to drive the Moors from Granada (Blassingame, 1991). In 1493, Leon sailed with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to America (Ponce, 1996). He was a member of the forces that enslaved the Indi...
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Art New York Demoiselles D Avignon
3,050 wordsPablo Picasso Pablo Picasso A Brief Biography Pablo Ruiz Y Picasso was the most famous artist of the 20 th century. He was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. Picasso showed great talent at an early age. He loved to paint pictures of city life and was fascinated by the circus. He also enjoyed painting pictures of the day-to-day life of poor people in his neighbourhood and was also very poor himself. His father, Jose Ruiz Black, was a Castilian art teacher in Malaga and his mother, Maria P...
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15 Th Century France And Spain
1,251 wordsThe Reasons Underlying European Expansion and Exploration It remains unclear why humanity chose a relatively spontaneous moment to matriculate from the sheltered semicircle of Mediterranean lands, to expand to the farthest reaches of the earth, with an inchoate disregard for personal welfare. However, pretentious man feels the need to speculate and impart drivels reason, vain though it be: What were the causes of European expansion? An anonymous author proffers this model conjecture, Western Eur...
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