has become the most significant historical document concerning the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Perhaps the most poignant excerpt from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain is Diaz’s detailed description of his first impressions of the Aztec capital and emperor Montezuma. Before accepting Diaz’s text or any other primary document it is important to examine and understand the motivations of the author. Bernal Diaz’s motivations for writing are unusual for a few reasons. First of all‚ The True
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El Dorado was the name of a tribal chief of the Musica tribe. As an initiation rite‚ he covered himself in gold dust and dove into the Guatavita Lake. As the story got recounted and told from place to place‚ details got mixed up. This proved to be a huge problem when El Dorado‚ the tribal chief of the Musica tribe‚ became the legendary lost "City of Gold." Since it was called the city of gold‚ it was something so spectacular that everyone wanted a part of it‚ mainly for power. Because everyone imagined
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How Leadership Failures Lead to the Loss of El Faro The SS El Faro was a roll on/roll off cargo ship owned by TOTE Maritime which sank on October 1st‚ 2015 on its way to San Juan‚ Puerto Rico. The El Faro sank for a number of reason in Hurricane Joaquin‚ many of which are related to poor leadership. The sinking of El Faro is considered one of the worst catastrophes in United States maritime history‚ with one of the largest losses of life recorded in recent history. The event can be looked at using
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------------------------------------------------- Adam El-Abd From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Adam El-Abd | El-Abd in 2011 | Personal information | Full name | Adam Mohamad El-Abd[1] | Date of birth | 11 September 1984 (age 28)[1] | Place of birth | Brighton‚ England | Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | Playing position | Defender | Club information | Current club | Brighton & Hove Albion | Number | 6 | Youth career | 1994–2003 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
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social domain of psychology. The social and cultural aspects of the country have brought up most of the violence that El Salvador sees today. As stated above the gangs create majority of El Salvador’s violence. The members of the gangs in almost every case come from poor families and neighborhoods. The government through out the years has always taken advantage of the poor in El Salvador. El Salvador has resulted in a critical dissipation of domestic class relations‚ and a renewed and expanded condition
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Case Analysis 10/12/2010 Fe’Nix del Sure‚ LLC Case Analysis Define the Problem- With the rise in popularity of not only the company Fe’nix del Sure but that also of the artifact industry‚ also came the creation and manipulation of many other companies and individuals that have started to not only try to enter the artifact market but develop fakes and replicas and try to pass them off as authentic pieces at a much lower price then that of Fe’Nix del Sur. With these lowered market prices
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Toshiba el arabi has a lot of competitors such as Zanussi and universal but Toshiba is more powerful than these companies. for example Universal which is an Egyptian company founded by Dr. Youssry Kotb‚ it’s a very well known company in the field of home appliance industry with a very good reputation‚ Universal’s reputation stands for presence and standards demands that allows them to make the right choice in all of different situations. Universal produces a lot of equipment and home appliance
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The Nevado Del Ruiz: 1985 eruption Location? Nevado del Ruiz is a volcano in Colombia‚ the northenmost and highest Colombian volcano‚ located at the in the northern most tip of the Andes in South America. Nevado Del Ruiz is a broad‚ glacier-covered volcano that covers more than 200 square kilometers. Has the volcano erupted before? In 1595 and 1845 summit eruptions melted snow and ice and produced mudflows that traveled tens of miles from the volcano‚ these mudflows were confined to the valleys
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At two years old sitting on my grandma’s bed in a small‚ cozy house in a little town of El Salvador where I’m from‚ every morning and afternoon I would be surrounded by a bunch of magazines and newspapers that my grandmother used to read. Hola magazine which talked about the royalty and famous people‚ Vanidades magazine which was about beauty tips‚ famous people and fashion‚ and La Prensa Grafica one of our national newspapers that everyday keeps the people informed with what is happening with government
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Assignment 3 The excavation of El Loro unearthed numerous old artifacts. It uncovered pots‚ bottles‚ textiles‚ grinding stones‚ and numerous other items once used by this lands inhabitants. Based on the law of superposition we know that the stratum furthest down is the oldest and the stratum closest to the surface is the newest. Another fact that we have for excavation is the law of association stating that‚ items near one another or in the same stratum are from the same time period. From those
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