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Vel Zquez De La
2,523 wordsCosta Del Sol It is possible that the Neolithic revolution, the discovery of agriculture the passage of nomadic to sedentary peoples, reached Europe by way of Africa through what is known today as Andalusia. This historical center of influence, an east west displacement, from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic began with a revolution that introduced the usage of metals and the arrival of colonizers from the east. A confluence of fertile lands, of metallurgy and fishing activities took place in th...
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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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U S Government U S Embargo
3,119 wordsHistory of Cuba Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Cuba on October 28, 1492, during his initial westward voyage. In honor of the daughter of Ferdinand V and Isabella I of Spain, his benefactors, Columbus named it Juana, the first of several names he successively applied to the island. It eventually became known as Cuba, from its aboriginal name, Cubanascnan. Colonization by Spain When Columbus first landed on Cuba it was inhabited by the Ciboney, a friendly tribe related to the Arawak....
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Vel Zquez Goya Painter
530 wordsHis name, Francisco Goya, born in 1746, one of Spain's most innovative painters and etchers; also one of the triumvirate including El Greco and Diego Vel? zquezof great Spanish masters. Much in the art of Goya is derived from that of Vel? zquez, just as much in the art of the 19 th-century French master? douard Manet and the 20 th-century genius Pablo Picasso is taken from Goya. Trained in a mediocre rococo artistic milieu, Goya transformed this often frivolous style and created works, such as t...
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Hundred And Fifty Vel Zquez
1,376 wordsConquering of the Aztec Empire There is no way but up, there is no retreat. We must go forward to Mexico and see if this great Montezuma is as great as he proclaims himself to be (Chapter 2). Cortes told his men this when they were considering mutiny because of suffering from devastating fevers and constant Indian attacks. After Cortes powerful statement the men then cried out, forward, to Mexico, to Mexico (Chapter 2). This was not, by any means Cortes first exploration. He was a very experienc...
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