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    country El Salvador has a similar culture as the other counties in Latin America, and more specifically to other countries in Central America. Mestizo culture dominates the country, influenced by culture clash of ancient Mesoamerican and medieval Iberian Peninsula. In El Salvador, the official language is Central America Spanish. Less than one percent of the population speaks the Pipil language, in places such as Izalco and several other towns. English is taught as a second language, and is…

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    potential source of crime and violence. In fact, Marius the Roman general used to kill people for no reason with bare hands. Therefore, I suggested to my husband to build a house outside town and he agreed with me. Therefore, we moved near to the Iberian Peninsula. We had servants and slaves to cater our desires. Our monetary power allowed us to serve exotic dishes such as lemon and…

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    Germanic Tribes Essay

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    The Germanic tribes invaded Europe, diffused into its society and influenced the civilizations already in Europe. But what were those influences? Did each tribe contribute something unique to Europe? Where did each tribe come from? The time span of the Germanic, or barbarian, invasions spans roughly a thousand years. My primary focus will be on the years 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. As a whole the Germanic tribes contributed different kinds of warfare, politics, and weaponry. An example of this is the…

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    Columbus’s legacy is debated because some people regard him as explorer and discoverer who initiated the modern age while other people associate him with imperialism, colonialism,and conquest. The reason for the hate towards Columbus is the fact that Columbus caused the death of millions of native people through disease and the fact that he initiated the Atlantic slave trade. However, other people argue that the sacrifices were worth bringing the two worlds together. When the two hemispheres…

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    On Oct. 12, 1492 Columbus found an island with his three ships. This happened after about a two month voyage on his way to the West, coming from Spain. Columbus thought that they people he ran into were not so wealthy, he thought they were poor inside and out. He saw them as neither white nor black. The poor people did not know what weapons were when Columbus had showed them. Columbus thought that these people he had run into looked great as servants. He thought of this because he noticed…

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    Definition of ecological problems in today’s context is taken as environmental problems and the most important ecological problem is the air pollution. This issue has a long history and is impacting on the health of the individuals since 500 BC. Various human activities of that time have emerged and evolved with the passage of time and thus extended environmental issues. Air pollution is one of the major ecological problems. Environmental problems were first discovered at the time of ancient…

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    It is well understood that the age of exploration was one wrought with the total destruction of the native inhabitants of the new world by European explorers. However, it is a misconception that Europeans didn’t notice or care about the utter genocide of the native populations. One man named Bartolomé de las Casas, a Dominican friar and historian, played a monumental role in bringing the knowledge of this destruction to Europe. After spending time among the conquistadors in the new world, Casas…

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    Guitar History

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    various hypotheses about the origins of the guitars. One version puts that the guitar is a descendant of the “fidícula” which is a Greco-Roman music instrument. Another version puts the guitar introduced by Arabs during the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (principally in…

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    Throughout the Second World War, Spain was a non-aggressive state that was not engaged in any type of warfare. When WWII was about to begin and countries were starting to pick alliances, Spain was just recovering from a three yearlong civil war. By that time Spain was inflicted with poverty, the people were starving, and the Spaniards had their share of war. Keeping in mind all the pressure that was put on Spain to join the war, Franco was smart enough to play the system and benefit from…

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    Ottoman Empire Essay

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    The nascent Ottoman Empire, founded by Osman I on the twenty-seventh of July, 1299 , existed in optimal conditions for expansion utilizing both conquest and diplomacy due to the status of propinquitous states: a derelict Byzantine Empire (as a direct consequence of the Fourth Crusade and the establishment of the Latin Kingdom) and various aggregate beyliks previously under the dominion of the expeditiously declining Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm. Osman I, entirely reliant upon Ghazi to facilitate his…

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