The Columbian Exchange “Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492” is a common expression used today about the discovery of the Americas. What happens after the discovery of the Americas? Transculturation. This is the mixing of cultures in which both sides change in one way or another (Murphy‚ 1-14-13). The Columbian Exchange happened when people from Europe and Africa settled into Latin America and the Caribbean after the discovery of the Americas. The Columbian Exchange brought over
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Central America; the inflation brought on by it broke the backs of Chinese peasants and allowed for even more European conquest all over the world. When the Spanish founded Potosí in 1545‚ they discovered a mountain that seemed to be made of impure silver. Since precious metals were what the conquistadors had come looking for‚ Potosí was (pun intended) a gold mine of wealth. He Qiaoyuan‚ a Ming court official‚ mentioned‚ in one of his reports to the emperor that‚ “the Spanish have silver mountains‚ which
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TITLE Semana Santa Takes Center Stage in Mexico LEAD PARAGRAPH Colorful banners‚ costumed children‚ traditional foods‚ large family gatherings‚ and solemn processions alongside commemorative alters‚ special events‚ dynamic and varied musical sounds – these describe the celebrations of La Semana Santa in Mexico. La Semana Santa‚ or Holy Week as it is know in many parts of the world‚ encompasses the week between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. The celebrations occur on different dates each year because
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The Impact of the Sugar and Silver Trade webs on the pertinent nations and the rest of the world (15-18th Century) The world we currently inhabit is one of fierce globalization‚ where international trade has been flourishing for centuries‚ and we find ourselves at a point in human existence where almost 90% of the goods such as electronic items sold in the United States are produced in Far East Asian countries such as China and Taiwan. A few centuries ago‚ though‚ the world was a far more closed
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Real Fourteen The village of Real de 14 was a mining town and is currently a tourist located in the heart of the Sierra de 14‚ in the state of San Luis Potosí‚ in northern Mexico. The name was taken from the royal word‚ by its silver mines‚. 4 and fourteen thieves who hid in this place. Geography: It is located at an altitude of 2770 MASL and the main access road is through a tunnel of 2300 meters long‚ inaugurated on April 2‚ 1901‚ called Ogarrio in honor to the people of Spain so called (RUESGA
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husband choose to their daughters were equal or better in economic matters. The issue of "inequality" of course‚ rarely arose on the top elite level‚ but to middle or low level classes it was a major issue. According to one of the stories of Tales of Potosi called The Strange Case of Fulgencio Orozco people from low classes pass throughout many difficulties to arrange a marriage for their daughters; in this story a Spanish man who lacked in economic matters experience many complications trying to organized
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justification to taking gold and silver from America to Europe? a. The Spaniard justification to taking gold and silver was that they believed that it was their natural right as the superior culture‚ in the Spaniards way of ranking. 7) Narrate the story of Potosi (mines and city) according to the video and specifically mention the metaphor made by
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Olivia and I sit on the roof‚ whispering about our respective days when all of a sudden we hear the sound of an Andean flute. Devan has arrived. He climbs the stairs from the roof to a farther up roof and then up a ladder to atop a water tank. "Devan‚" I warn‚ with a slight sence of jealousy for the view he must be seeing. "Let’s join‚" Olivia offers‚ and we run up to join him. At the last rung of the ladder‚ I turn to face Cerro Rico for the first time. Small yellow lights dot the outline of the
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In the mid sixteenth century a silver mine located at Potosi‚ South America was formed. This silver mine was one of the few major silver mines in the world‚ the others located in Northern Central America and Southern Japan. This certain mine was known for its distinctive rich black flint. Extensive excavation required more than three-thousand Indians to work away with picks and hammers to break up the ore and bring it up to the surface. Just after refining the ore‚ the silver is shipped to Spain
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For 35 years‚ Mexico was ruled by Porfirio Diaz‚ a Mexican soldier and politician who fought his way into power. During this time period‚ also know as The Porfiriato‚ Mexico was viewed as an economic power. 85% of the mining and industrial companies were owned by foreign investors. Substance crops (corn‚ beans‚ etc) were replaced for cash crops with are crops produced for its commercial value. The rurales (countryside police) would create terror all over the country. 78% of the Mexican people were
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