focus on anything but the Spanish Civil War‚ Spain was traumatised by the effects of the war caused by Franco.During the 1960s the country used its location and beautiful scenery to create a low budget but beautiful set. ‘El Cid’ an epic made by Anthony Mann in Spain in 1961 during an attack. The 1962 ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ by David Mean was located in a dried-up river outside Almeria.
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Reconquista. Under the Muslim ruling. Spain was far from being a united nation. Document #2 states “...feudalism and a mixed population of Jews‚ Moors and Christians made unity hard to achieve.” This quote shows us that Spain under the Muslim ruling was a bit chaotic. They weren’t able to achieve nationalism‚ which means that their nation would be united by religion. However‚ when Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile came into power‚ they were able to transform Spain. Both Ferdinand and Isabella wanted
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languages. Spanish started as a native language dialect spoken in the Castilian region of Spain. After many years of conquest‚ exploration and forced conversion‚ the people in the region spread the language to a worldwide vernacular. The Spanish language belongs to the
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a. According to Garcilaso de la Vega‚ the ultimate beneficiaries of the riches were bankers and business men of other countries. 9) According to Garcilaso de la Vega‚ who were the ultimate beneficiaries of the riches that came to Spain from the New World? a. According to Garcilaso‚ Catholicism in the New world was different from the Old World‚ by starting to fill its calendars with new important holidays‚ documenting marriages‚ birthday‚ deaths‚ and even creating a new sense of time
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10 I. Introduction Since Spain enters to the European Union in 1986‚ his economy has been changing‚ due to the conditions imposed in the various sectors of its economy. In the last 25 years‚ has experienced a period of rapid growth followed by a very deep crisis. Before the economic crisis of 2007‚ Spain was the EU´s “economic miracle” and now is the EU member state with the highest unemployment rate amongst other serious problems. Spain is now being subjected to tough austerity
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Top of Form Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca‚ an early explorer and first historian of Texas‚ was born in 1490 in Jerez de la Frontera‚ in Andalusia‚ Spain a province in the south of Spain near Cadiz. In early 1527‚ Cabeza de Vaca departed Spain as a part of a royal expedition to occupy the mainland of North America. As treasurer‚ he was one of the chief officers on the Narváez expedition. The Narváez expedition is an expedition based on a famous conquistador Narváez was also included on the expedition
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Part I C. Jai-alai (a sport that originated in Spain) What is jai-alai? To which sports is it similar? Jai-alai is the worlds fastest sport. Jai-Alai originated in the Basque Country of Northern Spain almost four centuries ago. Jai-Alai is similar to racquetball‚ and is played between three walls. 2. In what part of Spain did jai-alai originate? What did the players use for courts? Jai-Alai originated in the Basque Country of Northern Spain almost four centuries ago. Nestled between the
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foundation in the Philippines‚ the Spanish claim the archipelago in two reasons: first‚ since the Philippines was discovered under the patronage of Spain‚ Philippines therefore was owned by Spain; second‚ since Spain‚ being in actual possession of the Philippines‚ it had the right to colonize it. As such‚ the Philippines was in possession of the King of Spain and therefore‚ a crown colony. POLITICAL CHANGES The Central Government The Laws of the Indies were applied in the Philippines. Spanish then made
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gap. Lastly‚ the failure of the monarchy where the king‚ Alfonso XIII‚ allowed General Primo de Rivera taking control of spain‚ who ruled it as a military dictator. Over half a million people were slain in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939. In 1920‚ Spain was a constitutional monarchy‚ with Alfonso XIII as the King. This being said‚ the government that governs Spain was considered as corrupt and useless. They even sent an army to stop the rebellion in 1921 that ended up as a massacre
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ZARA: Fast Fashion Zara’s performance in the EU. Zara is the largest and most internationalized of Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil) chain based on Spain. Zara had built up their business in the Spanish market by 1990‚ and started to expand their business into global market. At the same time‚ according to the case‚ they started to make major investments in manufacturing logistics and IT‚ including establishment of a just-in-time manufacturing system‚ a 130‚000-square-meter warehouse close
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