The quesadilla was first discovered in Mexico in the late 1500’s. The corn tortilla was originally discovered and created by the Native Americans (123 Long). In the 1500’s and early 1600’s the Spanish added to the quesadilla by putting pork‚ beef‚ chicken‚ and other ingredients into the corn tortilla. In most regions‚ especially the central region of Mexico‚ a quesadilla is a circle of uncooked corn masa folded in half and filled with cheese‚ then warmed up until the cheese has melted. However
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The Maya were a great Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya people. They had great architecture‚ beautiful artwork‚ and high sciences. The areas it encompased were Southern Mexico‚ the Yucatan Peninsula‚ Guatemala‚ Belize‚ Northern Honduras‚ and El Salvador. The Classic period is generally defined as when the Maya were erecting sculpted statues with Long Count dates‚ a non-repeating vigesimal and base-18 calendar. The Classic shifted and “collapsed”‚ and the Postclassic was born. The Postclassic
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Mayan Mystery Theory Professor Wilkinson Strayer University HUM 111 Shaun Broadnax October 31‚ 2012 Mayan Mystery Theory The Maya are often referred to as the most well-known classical civilization of the Mesoamerican region. They are thought to have first originated around 2600 B.C. in the Yucatan and their society flourished during the Classic Period from 300 A.D. to 900 A.D. They inhabited the land presently known as Southern Mexico‚ Guatemala‚ Northern Belize‚ and Honduras. Their
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about 3000 B.C.‚ people of the Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico hybridized wild grasses to produce large‚ nutritious kernels we know as corn. Mexican anthropologist and maize historian Arturo Warman credits the development of corn with the rise of Mesoamerican civilizations such as the Mayans and the Aztecs‚ which were advanced in art‚ architecture‚ math‚ and astronomy. The significance of corn was not lost on indigenous cultures that viewed it as a foundation of humanity. It is revered as the seed
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Olmecs in Mesoamerica- Among the various Mesoamerican Pre-Classic period (1200 BCE-400 BCE) groups‚ the Olmecs are the most well-known. The Olmec heartland was centered in La Venta in Tabasco‚ and San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan and Laguna de los Cerros in Veracruz. 6. Chavin in Andean South America- The
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other chile peppers‚ chile de arbol originated in what is now Latin America. Christopher Columbus found out about chile peppers while seeking a route to Asia for the black pepper trade. It is believed that chile peppers were being cultivated by Mesoamericans as early as 5000 BC. Along with being used as a seasoning for food‚ they used chile peppers to fumigate their houses. Portuguese trade routes are to be credited for the spread of chile peppers throughout the world including to Asia. Chile de
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hymn‚ the classic American rags-to-riches myth‚ and writers such as Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass had successfully embraced it in their works.<br><br>Franklin and Douglass are two writers who have quite symmetrical styles and imitative chronology of events in their life narratives. They both approached their story with a "rags-to-riches" idea. In addition‚ we must realize that both Franklin and Douglass are powerful writers. In that sense‚ I mean that Franklin was a "well-educated" man in
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Daphne Pan Professor Jeong Intro to Korean Film 20 November 2014 Reaction Paper #2: Topic #2 The flashback film‚ Peppermint Candy‚ directed by Chang Dong Lee in 2000‚ was about a protagonist named Yong-ho who had struggled in the past twenty years of his life that led him to commit a suicide. Specifically‚ relationships and accidents were involved in his past. The episodes of Yong-ho’s life that were shown in the film represented as the significant events of Korean history. For instance‚ the early
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Name: Class: Date: Chapter 1 Creating a Nation Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement. 1. Many historians consider the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ by _____________________________ to be one of the causes of the Civil War. 2. ____________________ societies formed in the mid-1800s at first to spread the word of God but soon turned to combating social problems. 3. Native Americans feared that the increasing flow of settlers would disrupt the ____________________ on which
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and oral. Written sources have always been more “consumed” by bookworms because whatever authentically‚ dated written documents can be re-interpreted by historians from exactly when they were written. Oral sources‚ on the other hand‚ lack an exact chronology. To even consider the amount of possible deviations which can occur over a single generation‚ implies that oral sources are slightly more capricious historical sources. Oral sources‚ usually bequeathed to ensuing generations by word-of-mouth‚ demonstrate
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