Granada

King Ferdinand was the son of John II of Aragon and Juana Enriguez. Both him and Queen Isabella played a major role in the voyage of Christopher Columbus. His share in creating the royal authority in all parts of Spain, in expelling the Moors from Granada, in creating the access for Christopher.…

some places in Spain may seem out of the ordinary. The Alhambra is one unordinary but unique place, which has a very long and rich history for tourists. In the passage “Why Take the Time to Visit the Alhambra in Spain?” by Janet Conners, it states Granada, Spain. Back in 889 the Alhambra was built as a small palace, which unfortunately didn’t last long after its making, and was soon abandoned, with only a little life left. For only a while it hadn’t been abandoned, but later again the palace was…

‘anti-German’ books. In this story, it talks about more than just the Germans though. The main topic in the story is how people tried to burn books that were against what they thought were right. “The Spanish Inquisition burned 5,000 Arabic manuscripts in Granada in 1499.” This isn’t talking about the Germans burning books but this is showing how the Spanish were burning things that went against what they thought was right. These 2 stories are similar because they both talk about how the…

his fortune and set out to find what he was looking for. In 1535, he traveled to New Spain (as Mexico was then known) with Antonio de Mendoza, the Spanish viceroy, whom his family had ties with from his father’s service as royal administrator in Granada.…

The medieval inquisition had played a considerable role in Christian Spain during the 13th century, but the struggle against the Moors had kept the inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula busy and served to strengthen their faith. When toward the end of the 15th century the Reconquista was all but complete, the desire for religious unity became more and more pronounced. Spain’s Jewish population, which was among the largest in Europe, soon became a target. Over centuries, the Jewish community in…

I am Patricia Morris, a student at Granada Hills Charter High School in southern California. I have a project to research and present an injustice that I am passionate about. Because of my love of animals and science, I chose animal experimentation as my topic. As I researched, I was inspired to fight for every living creatures’ right to quality of life. I have decided to help spread awareness of the dangers of animal testing, and to convince others to likewise push for change. In animal…

scent that is both earthy and sweet and fennel is great for improving sleep, digestion, and curbing your appetite. It just happens to contain melatonin, which is known for regulating your body’s circadian rhythm. According to Spain’s University of Granada melatonin can have a positive effect on weight loss as it allows the body to burn the fat instead of store it (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21087312). You can either drop it in water to drink before you eat or instead put a drop on each…

An Analysis of the Rise and Fall of Empirical Spain The European continent as a whole boasts an impressive list of nations and cultures of times past and present that dominated the world. One nation in particular, Spain, held a fairly impressive empire worth noting from the Fifteenth century to roughly the late Seventeenth, early eighteenth century. What is important about each Empire that the world has seen is what allowed it to become an empire; what allowed the nation to prosper and expand,…

Taking Honors Biology in freshman year sparked a passion for biomedical sciences which has stuck with me over the past four years. This was enhanced by a Human Anatomy and Physiology course I took in 11th grade, where we learned about the how various human systems function. After taking this class, I decided to major in molecular biology, as I had only scratched the surface of the workings and biochemical interactions of cells, and was eager to continue learning. However, after a great work…

Europe. Ending two-hundred and ninety-three years of Visigothic rule in the Iberian peninsula, and three-hundred and ninety-eight years of Catholic rule in Iberia, with the founding of Al-Andalus which would not fall until 1492 C.E. with the Battle of Granada during the Reconquista. Taking a large territory of Christian lands from the Christians with the fall of Iberia to the Muslims, it began to appear as it was the end of the Christian world as this unstoppable tide of Islam spread across the…