(Arabic Spain) The Muslims continued to expand territory relentlessly‚ throughout the sixth and the seventh century‚ the century of the prophet Muhammad’s death. In 711 the Islamic armies led by Berber (north African Muslim tribesmen) Tariq ibn-Ziyad crossed the straight of (Gibraltar) from Maghreb (Morocco) and rapidly advanced north conquering Visigoth Spain (Germanic Christian rulers) within seven years. In establishing an Islamic state throughout the Iberian peninsula‚(todays Spain and Portugal
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When a baby boy was born in El Ferrol‚ Spain no one thought he would become the famous ruler of Spain alas he did and everyone soon knew the name Francisco Franco. Franco’s father was an officer in the spanish naval administrative group and his mother was a upper middle class conservative roman catholic. Franco came from four generations of naval officers. From birth it was expected that Franco would also go down the same path. When he was 14 years old he attended a military school and graduated
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The artwork by James Gleeson is stunning. A piece of his that stood out the most to me was “Spain”. Painted in 1951 with oil on a w470 x h670 canvas. The painting has ten figures in the scene‚ with colors ranging from different spectrums of reds‚ oranges‚ blues‚ and blacks. I chose this painting‚ because as soon as I saw it‚ I felt eerie‚ and some type of heaviness. The very first thing I saw was a woman floating above the blood red ground‚ and she looks to be made of stones. I look further into
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Holidays and Our Consumer Culture Holidays have always been known to affect our consumer culture for many years‚ but how it all began eludes many people and very few studies have been completed on it. Even though some say that the subject is too broad to precisely to identify how holidays‚ especially Christmas‚ directly affect our market‚ I have found that people’s values‚ expectations and rituals related to holidays can cause an excessive amount of spending among our society. Most people
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for wealth and land grew as Europe started to enhance as trade grew. When Portugal and China increased trade with each other Spain grew jealous of the trade and Portugal wanted a direct trade sea route to Asia. Portugal found great success in exploring the sea‚ so naturally Spain wanted to be more successful in general. The battle back and forth for who can uncover the best resource‚ who can find the mythical civilization‚ who can find the most land became a lifestyle. Portugal’s discovery of a
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Travelling on an absolutely packed Virgin train with no leg room due to the fact that a rucksack and a bass guitar were shoved at my feet was not my idea of a fun way to spend nine o’clock on a Friday morning! I was‚ however‚ extremely excited about arriving in Sheffield and our ‘battle of the bands’ competition that lay in the weekend ahead of us. We had reached the national final and were somewhat astonished at how far we had gotten. After finally arriving at Doncaster train station (our route
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‘Africa’‚ simple and straightforward‚ the title speaks for itself. Maya Angelou planted the seed of idea even before we read the first line. The poem is about Africa rising above all the suffering and despair she has endured‚ leaving the past behind her in order to strive towards freedom and liberation. Anthropomorphizing Africa‚ a continent into a woman is an epitome of the personification of a land. In the first stanza‚ Africa is portrayed as a physically attractive black woman‚ denied of her
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Mongolian traditional holiday Tsagaan Sar Tsagaan Sar is the biggest holiday of Mongolians. It has tradition to be celebrated the first day of White month which is upcoming New Year after out going year in the proper direction according to Lunar calendar horoscope because of symboling to meet the spring successfully after passing severe winter as well as everybody adding new years old. At the beginning of the 13th century‚Temujin established the Great Empire Mongolia because of he could unite
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(1936-1939) was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans‚ who were loyal to the established Spanish Republic‚ and the Nationalists‚ a rebel group led by General Francisco Franco. The Nationalists prevailed‚ and Franco ruled Spain for the next 36 years‚ Spain was thus left
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ECONOMY OF SPAIN and sovereign debt of spain whilst in the european union and eurozone 1. Research question: What is the basic problem in Spain’s economy? One of the core reasons is the selfmade banking crisis. The real estate sector became a big overkill which has been caused by the banking crisis. The construction industry has become a large-scale losses for banks and in the public sector unemployment has risen and housing prices have fallen. Spain also has a problem with competitiveness
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