I chose to write this essay on Cuba‚ because Cuba is the largest island in the West Indies. Not only because is it the largest island‚ Cuba is the Country where my step father and his family are from. I also chose to write about Cuba because it is an island that is close to my family’s home land‚ Puerto Rico. Ever since my mother and step father got married I realized that I am going to learn a lot about Cuba. My step father loves his country‚ so he talks about it all of the time. I noticed that
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When they arrived in Bahamas friendly‚ peaceful people called the Lucayans‚ Taínos and Arawaks inhabited the islands. Columbus was impressed by they’re hard working abilities that he immediately settled down there and enslaved the natives and made them work in his gold mines
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origin has been debated‚ the common perception is that they came from either the southern top of modern day Florida or Mexico. It is estimated that around 500 B.C. they settled in the Greater Antilles region of the Caribbean. This region includes the Bahamas‚ Cuba and Jamaica. The Taino migration occurred approximately around the same time as the Siboneys. Their migration started from the South American mainland‚ most notably the area between Venezuela and Colombia to the area known as the Lesser Antilles
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from the Caribbean Abakua - Afro-Cuban Beguine - Guadeloupe‚ Martinique Bellair - Trinidad Bongo - Trinidad Brukin’s - Jamaica Caribbean Quadrilles - Jamaica Dinki Mini - Jamaica Gere - Jamaica Gumbay - Jamaica Goombay - Bahamas Igbo - Haiti Jonkonnu - Jamaica Kumina - Jamaica Tambu - Afro-Curacao Abakua is an Afro-Cuban men’s initiatory fraternity‚ or secret society‚ which originated from fraternal associations in the Cross River region of southeastern Nigeria and
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Asian trade routes (“The Silk Road” was one popular route) in order to find the wealth they needed to be superior to one another. Instead they stumbled upon the Americas. Christopher Columbus (Cristobal Colon) founded San Salvador (located in the Bahamas) and Cortes founded Mexico and eventually came to conquer the Aztec empire in 1521. The idea of exploration and enlightenment eventually arrived in other parts of Europe. In England‚ King Henry VIII only decided to follow the trend due to the profit
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Kalinago and Taino society? The Tainos and Kalinagos were two different Amerindian groups which inhabited the islands of the Caribbean. The Tainos lived in the islands of the Greater Antilles (Cuba‚ Jamaica‚ Puerto Rico‚ Hispaniola‚ and the Bahamas)‚ while the Kalinagos lived in the Lesser Antilles (Grenada‚ St. Vincent‚ St. Lucia etc.). Although the Tainos and the Kalinagos were Amerindians‚ they had differences and similarities in their culture. Three of the differences between these two groups
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Another area where the model is not as progressive as reality points out to be is in terms of criminal justice in regards to human rights. Eight out of the thirty-six democracies retained and used the death penalty (Pg 292). These countries include the Bahamas‚ Barbados‚ Botswana‚ India‚ Jamaica‚ Japan‚ Trinidad‚ and surprisingly the United States. These countries are developed and have respectable form of government but capital punishment in
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the truth is he did not discover America‚ when he traveled to North America there were already millions of people living here. The fact is Christopher Columbus never set foot on our shores. On October 12‚ 1492 Christopher Columbus arrived in the Bahamas‚ he also reached the coasts of what is now Cuba‚ Haiti and the Dominican Republic he also travelled to Central and South America. Christopher Columbus also never flew a Spanish flag in North America. Now the first European settler believed to have
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People are always looking forward to a vacation. There are many different options on where to vacation. The two most common places people go are‚ up to the mountains or down to the beach. Both places offer a variety of fun activities and are a great excape from the stressors of everyday life. If you want to relax and get away‚ a vacation to either two places are the thing for you. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the climates‚ activities and locations of these two destinations
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