wanted. When Columbus reported to Spain‚ he exaggerated about the amount of gold that was there‚ reporting that there was an abundance of gold when there was really very little gold‚ only scarce amounts in riverbeds. The largest amount of gold he received was on his first arrival and was an accumulation of many years. The natives of the land‚ the Arawaks‚ were responsible for collecting a certain amount of gold. If they did not
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He instead found the Bahamas‚ Cuba‚ and Haiti‚ all locations in the Americas. He named the native people who resided there Indians because he believed he was in the Indian Ocean. Portugal thought otherwise and rightly believed that Spain was claiming parts of Brazil that they had already claimed‚ causing a dispute that was settled by the pope with the Treaty of Tordesillas. This treaty solidified Spain’s presence in what they thought was East Asia. With more exploration and discoveries
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Presented by: Maybelyn U. Catindig‚ BSEM 3-1 Presented to: Prof. N. Silva I. Introduction Spain is known for its history of exploring and conquering lands during the Age of Exploration in 16th century. There were many undiscovered lands during those times and in search of the east countries of the world‚ Spain was able to discover the Philippine archipelago and colonize it. As an official colony of Spain‚ settlements were made by the Spanish natives and they were able to establish communities. They
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Laila Lalami was born and raised in Morocco. She attended the University of Mohamed-V in Rabat‚ University College in London and University of Southern California--where she earned her Ph.D. in linguistics. She is currently a teacher of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside. Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits is about four immigrants: Aziz‚ Halima‚ Murad and Faten who try to cross the Strait of Gibraltar on a life boat. Each following chapter focuses on their
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as a whole is about 125. France‚ with approximately 18 million people‚ had a density of about 34‚ England and wales with 4 and 5 million‚ ha slightly lees. Elsewhere the population was spread more thinly; 28 per square kilometer in Germany‚ 17 in spain and Portugal. 14 in eastern Europe exclusive of Russia‚ and only about 1.5 or 2 in Russia and the Scandinavian countries. These figures
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Sandra Moriana Ms. Scoggin March 3rd‚ 2015 Social Studies 8 In the year 7011 the Muslims disembarqued in Tarifa Cape in Southern Spain‚ starting a period of more than 700 years of Islamic ruling over the Spanish peninsula. The Spanish Catholic Kings conquered back Granada in 1492‚ finishing with the Muslim control of Iberia. This long period of Muslim domination left a strong influence over the spanish culture and language. This because hundreds of thousands of Muslims decided to stay Iberia and
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Zapateado is a form of dance associated with son jalisciense and son jarocho. Originating in Spain‚ it is comprised of singers driving their feet into the floor to create a syncopated rhythm. “In the dance the movements of the performers often represent the farm-yard courtship described in the verses of the sones. (mariachi.org)” Mariachi
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account of the chaotic and devastating impact of war during the Spanish Civil War. It was painted by the cubist Spanish artist‚ Pablo Ruiz Picasso in 1937. The name of the painting "Guernica" refers to a small country town located in the North of Spain which was bombed by the German Luftwaffe‚ under the direction of Adolf Hitler. The bombing was a trained mission designed to test the new weapons. The village was the hub of the Republican Resistance Movement which made it an ideal target for the Nationalists
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Christianity. After being refused help by the English and Portuguese royalty‚ he received sponsorship from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. He received a flagship‚ the Santa Maria‚ and two smaller ships‚ the Nina and the Pinta. These ships were caravels. They had rudders‚ clinker-built hulls‚ square sails and lateen sails. His ships sailed in 1492 from Palos in Spain towards the Canary Islands. After receiving fresh supplies of water and food‚ Columbus and his ships sailed onto the Atlantic Ocean
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Portugal- History of Exploration from 1480 AD - 1700 AD 1. Spain and Portugal--Unified but Declining: Spain was slowly being strangled to death by its own colonial empire abroad. Although Spain had amassed great wealth which resulted in a "golden age" for Spanish culture and the arts under Philip II (r. 1556-98)‚ much of that fortune was squandered on luxuries‚ the ill-conceived Armada‚ and the purchase of prestige to the point that the Spanish economy began to deteriorate by 1600. The Portuguese
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