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A Silver Refinery at Potosi, Bolivia, 1700: The silver refineries was a system which used aqueducts, the water wheel, an iron-shod stamp, and the amalgam, to created nearly pure ingot of silver. But later, the silver would be assayed and taxed at the mint. To produce silver, forests were cut, soil was poisoned from the base metals, and horse, mules, and oxen were used to move the materials to different locations. Race and Ethnicity in the Spanish Colonies: Negotiating Hierarchy: European…

Dating back to the 1450’s slave trade has been a pivotal part of the economic and social changes in America. Europeans “discovery” of North America destroyed Native American lands. Not only had they completely disregard the values and territory of the Native Americans, but they did the same to the people of Africa. The Africans were captured, mistreated, given unequal rights, and treated as if they were animals. The Europeans and Portuguese are to blame for inequality amongst the African people.…

The Atlantic slave trade has been viewed very differently by many people. The Europeans and Africans, both had different views within their own culture. To the slaves being sold and bought it was a tragedy. In some kingdoms, like the Kongo, Portuguese's tried to stop slavery before it reached them. Most of these efforts were found in vain and the slave trade ended up hurting them more in the end because the kingdoms would go into a panic trying to keep power. There merchants were making enough…

An ideology and movement that encourages the solidarity of Africans worldwide is called Pan-Africanism It is based on the belief that unity is vital to economic, social, and political progress. The goal of the movement is to unify and uplift people of African descent; Walter Rodney, W.E.B Dubois, and Marcus Garvey were all pan-Africanist who shared similar views, especially the one view of all African people uniting. After reading “Worlds of Color” by W.E.B Dubois and “Some Questions on…

Slave trade was prominent amongst Europeans against Africans who reside in the west or the shores of the African continent due to the easiness of their capture and shipment. That was especially because Africans in general proved many times that they had greater ability to resist and work under pressure as compared to other races of servants like Europeans themselves and some indigenous Indians whose work was not as satisfactory as that of Africans. Yet the real reason behind the proliferation of…

Uruguay is located in South America, east of Argentina and south of Brazil. It is the second smallest country in Latin America. Uruguay gained its independence from Portugal on August 25, 1825 after it seized the 33 Orientals led by Juan Artino. Uruguay is known for the foods it produces such as cattle meat, fresh cow milk, and paddy rice. Some traditional dishes are Asado con cuero, Empanadas and Milanesa. My paper will demonstrate how Uruguay’s colonial history has become a cultural melting…

Leslie Howard Steiner was born on April 3, 1893 in London, England. As a child, he began a love for writing and created stories, plays, and brief musical comedies. He sold these writings, such as thrillers, to many pulp magazines. His dream was put on hold, however, because he became enlisted into World War I to fight for France when he was in college. Much later after the war, as an adult, his wife, Ruth Evelyn Martin, encouraged him to relive his dream and Howard began to make appearances…

J.K. Rowling once stated to her agent that, "I know I'm not going to make any money out of it. I know I'm not going to be famous" (Steffens 6). Little did she know that her book would become one of the all-time best-selling books and would appear in bookstores across the world. THESIS STATEMENT!!!! J.K. Rowling had an enjoyable and loving childhood. Her parents, Anne Volant Rowling and Peter Rowling, lived in the town of Yate, England. Peter worked as an aircraft engineer and Anne was a science…

employs personnel from different countries and cultural backgrounds. The employees working in the subsidiary are mostly French, but there are also numerous employees from German, Spain, and Portugal. It is important for the business to include the employees from different countries since they are from countries that offer European wines. Despite the evident differences in cultural orientations, John Terwilick applies a management style that…

Yuga is an artist who already exhibited his work here one year ago. He’s always surprising and capable of amazing us by using unexpected ways of expression, mostly because it gives us a very peculiar look about Portugal. He’s Japanese and when he looks into our coffee shop’s culture, he sees the same thing as the pub’s culture in England. Thus, he picks some elements associated with the coffee shop, reinterprets, and projects on them other things he finds in the streets: sentences that people…