Spanish Cuisine The earliest settlers of Spain include the Iberians‚ the Celts‚ and the Basques groups. Then the Phoenicians came‚ who were later followed by the Greeks‚ who ruled Spain until they were defeated by the Romans. The last of the settlers to arrive were armies of Arabs and Berbers‚ whom were called Moors. Fascinated with water‚ they developed irrigation systems and planted citrus and almond trees in eastern and southern Spain. The Phoenicians arrived from the Mediterranean and brought
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PRE-SPANISH LITERATURE Long before the Spaniards came to the Philippines‚ the Filipinos already had their own culture. It was similar in some aspects to that of the Malays but was enriched through their contact with other Asians like the Chinese and the Japanese and with the people India and some Arab countries. According to the early missionaries‚ the Filipinos had their own alphabet. The early Filipinos wrote on clay‚ barks of trees‚ bamboo tubes or palm leaves – materials that were easily
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of all possessions and inherited freedoms‚ and sometimes even death. The Spanish Jews who selected to depart Spain instead of changing religions‚ scattered through the area of North Africa known as the Maghreb. In that area‚ they often interacted with the already present Mizrahi Arabic or Berber language communities‚ becoming the descendants of the Moroccan‚ Algerian‚ Tunisian and Libyan Jewish populations. Numerous Spanish Jews also escaped to the Ottoman Empire‚ where they were given sanctuary
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Government During the Spanish Period The Philippines was under the Spanish government for more than three centuries. Without any freedom and independence‚ Filipinos had to adjust and adapt to the new form of government as well as to different culture and traditions. The laws implemented in the country were all from the King of Spain passed through his representative who was called the Governor-General‚ “who was the source of civil power for the various levels of administration” (Agoncillo‚ 2008
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Erin Garcia Social Studies P6 Due: November 4 DBQ Progressive Era Essay Where will you put your milion dollars? Did you know that there is an underside to America that people do not talk about? During 1900’s to 1920 in America‚ there have been many troubles in which a reform movement called Progressivism is working to try and fixing these problems. Accordingly to Aunt Bessie where will you put your million dollars? is the task at
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The Spanish influenza plagued Alaska from 1918 through 1919. The origin of the illness is unknown‚ but thought to be caused by the overcrowding in many army boot-camps or in the crowded trenches on the battlefields. This deadly strain of influenza was known to cause death in as little as 48 hours‚ and left thousands in Alaska dead. The first cases were reported in October 1918 and by Halloween there were 200 cases in Ketchikan. Many smaller communities had few medically trained people like nurses
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In a spanish christmas they don’t belive in santa claus .They belive that the 3 wiseman.Kids leave there shoes out side and believe that the 3 wiseman will come and fill there shoes up with presents.Most people in Spain go to Midnight Mass or ’La Misa Del Gallo’ (The Mass of the Rooster). It is called this because a rooster is supposed to have crowed the night that Jesus was born. Most families eat their main Christmas meal on Christmas Eve before the service. The traditional Spanish Christmas
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Spain has always been a melting pot of ethnicity and culture. From the Celts and Visigoths that came from the north to the Africans and Arabs from the south to the Romans from the East‚ empires‚ kingdoms‚ and tribes all over the world have recognized and tried to take advantage of the benefits of Spain. War‚ conquest‚ and reconquest are frequent throughout the entire history of Spain‚ and the history of Moors in Spain is no exception. It began in the year 711 when the Moors first crossed over to
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of colonization from the English‚ French‚ and Spanish into the American continent‚ it is the Spanish who made the largest initial impact. In the beginning Spaniards looked to the New World as an area for empire building (Calloway‚ 2012). Missions were to convert/conform the indigenous population to Christianity and servitude to the Spanish empire‚ while increasing imports and exports of trade goods that would increase the power and wealth of the Spanish Monarchy. As time went by the warmongering‚ and
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Spanish Translations ! El Obelisco Macho - situated in the Malecon ‚ this obelisk commemorates the change of the temporary name of the city of Santo Domingo to Trajillo La Avenida George Washington ‚ el Malecon‚ runs across the coast on one side there’s the craibbean sea and on the other theres santo Domingo’s buildings. Santo Domingo - the capital of the Dominican Republic was founded in 1496 by Cristobal Colon’s brother --> Bartolome Colon El Merengue - national dance of the country
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