Iberian Peninsula

The Pyrenees, a Pastoral Heaven Alert! Alert! Alert! It is time to consider booking reservations for this year’s summer family vacation. With each suggested venue, the family drama ensues. Furthermore, knowing that hoards of humans deeply ingest the popular sites, it’s time to seek a lesser known gem. Imagine going on a hike through some of the most beautiful vegetation and geology in all of Europe. Think of walking through a perfectly preserved little village among the hills of a mountain…

It has a wide variety of religion. With all the beautiful churches or cathedrals, evangelism is something new to Madrid Spain. The history of Madrid Spain is rich in diversity. According to infoplease.com, “Spain, originally inhabited by Celts, Iberians, and Basques, became a part of the Roman Empire in 206 B.C” (paragraph 1). Bibliotecapleyades.net states “Some Basques, especially in Spain, are strongly, even violently, nationalist” (paragraph 37). Basques typically spoke a language that was…

Recreation and Pop Culture of Spain Spain is such a diverse country both geographically and culturally. Spain has much different music, clothes, and dances that separate it from the rest of the world. From the annual Bull Run to the Tomatina, there are so many things Spain has to offer to the world. Spain’s national anthem is, “Himno Nacional Espanol” or “Marcha Real”, and it is the only national anthem that has no words. It was used during 1770-1822 and was restored in 1823. The reason why…

Many people do not know much about Spain 's history. However, like a lot of European countries that had to go through finding a nationality and trying to keep it from other countries. At one point in Spain’s history find their self-identity and take back their country from foreign invaders. Also, there were some tension between the Spanish and the Muslims that were living in Spain at the time. This could have been the domino effect that lead into the Reconquista. Here I am going to be discussing…

Spain is a country whose culture was created through a fusion of religion and the environment which surrounds the country. In the 21st century, many traditional, local cultures have been lost, overpowered by the combined effects of both a strong central culture and globalism. These two seemingly contradictory terms have managed to coexist, at least for the time being, but that has not been without its tribulations. The folk culture practiced in Spain today includes styles of dance, religious…

Spain and Structural Functionalism Spain in the early years of history was home to several different tribes of people over many years. In more modern history it was contested over by the greeks and the romans. The Romans eventually conquered Spain and ruled spain for over six centuries. This brought Spain the Latin language, Roman laws, military, local government, and Christian Religion. After the Roman empire fell came the visigoths. They established a new forms of local government and…

America has been influenced by many different ethnicities and cultures. “Latinas Make Sweet 16-ish Their Own” by Lizette Alvarez states that the traditional quinceanera party is over done in this generation. Journalist Alvarez’s purpose is to inform the readers that birthday party is a waste of money because many people treat sweet 16th birthday party like weddings; therefore, this statement is a categorical truth. The idea of a quinceanera birthday party started from the Spanish culture. The…

The technology is becoming important in the future development of the financial industry especially, banking industry. Electronic banking channels are providing alternatives for faster delivery of banking services to the customers such as online banking. Electronic-banking is the latest delivery channel of banking services. Once banking institutions recognized the low processing cost per transaction via the internet, they began viewing online banking as an extension of the bank rather than as an…

The unfamiliarity of the “other” often leads to the creation of an enemy, with the Middle East being no exception. This enemy status has been habitually established through the implementation of stereotypes by the USA towards the Middle East in media and entertainment such as movies, television, and music. This enemy status created through stereotypes has been explored in academia such as Edward Said’s Orientalism, written in 1979. Beginning with Said’s Orientalism and continuing with the…

Women in general have not been treated the way they are suppose to. They have been facing discrimination throughout the history everywhere. One of the main reasons why women in the middle east are treated poorly is because people do not see their rights as human rights and they separate women’s rights from the other rights. Women face discrimination in the Middle East more than anywhere else. Lack of education and the issues of poverty are some of the main reasons why women are treated that way.…