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“I don’t think you can really understand the South if you don’t understand barbeque—as food, process, and event.” Barbeque has been one of the quintessential foods of the South and especially North Carolina for over 300 years and one can find its wood-smoked legacy throughout the Old North State. In colonial Virginia, where barbecue is thought to have first been introduced to white settlers, slave-owners made the duty of cooking barbecue for slaves (this was also the case in South Carolina).…

The Italian Renaissance in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italy was the upbringing of several new ideas and concepts that many Europeans were not familiar with at the time, as well as the transition from medieval to modern times. As stated by a Swiss historian in the nineteenth-century, the Renaissance was the “prototype of the modern world.” Humanism was introduced and spread by Francesco Petrarch, the “father of humanism,” as well as several other humanists. Platonism was briefly revived,…

Spain had a big influence on the Dominican Republic; the island was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492, he named it “La Espanola” or in English “La Hispaniola”. The island was resided by the Taino indigenous group. This group was forced into slavery by the Spaniards and after all the abuse and illnesses the Spaniards brought, the majority of them died. Santo Domingo is the capital of the Dominican Republic it was founded in 1496 and is the…

Dezi Arnaz, who is best known as Ricky Ricardo on the television show, I love Lucy is a native of Cuba. He as an actor, musician, and husband to Lucille Ball. In 1933, the Arnaz family home in Santiago was destroyed. Arnaz and his mother managed to escape to safety, his father, a congressman, was put in prison. Arnaz father was advised by the new chief of state, Fulgencio Batista, that he would be freed if he left the country. Arnaz father moved to Miami. He promises later to send for his family…

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is a self-governing territory of the United States on an island of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean. The Puerto Rican political relationship with United States has remained steady and non-violent since the take over after Spanish-American War. The island is considered a part of America, but votes on whether to remain a Commonwealth separate from 50 states or become the 51st state. Political relationship is quite extensive with United States Federal Government…

technology, as if they were in 2 completely different worlds, then met up with each other once Columbus set foot in the Americas. These worlds collided when Columbus, rather than sailing to India, accidentally sailed to the Americas in 1492, meeting the Tainos for the first time. From then on, Europeans and the Natives interacted with each other, and their worlds became entwined. The English, Spanish, and French had different approaches to these people. To start things off, the Spaniards…

James Joyce said "Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honoured by posterity because he was the last to discover America." This quote is one hundred percent true because Christopher Columbus did not discover America, he merely expanded the idea of it. Columbus actually never set foot in America, and Vikings had already settled in the eleventh century. These are only two of the reasons Columbus day is an embarrassment to this country. So we need to take down Columbus’s name and rename this…

The New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, mainly focusing on the Americas. The term was introduced in the early 16th century after Europeans, led by Christopher Columbus, landed in what would later be called the Americas during the age of discovery. This discovery was so important due to the fact that it expanded the geographical horizon of classical geographers, who had thought the world only consisted of Africa, Europe, and Asia, better known as the Old World. It was…

Heritage Essay Just some 93 miles off of the southernmost point of the United States lies Cuba. Cuba is an island known for the most beautiful beaches and its crystal clear water. Most don’t know very much about Cuba. Majority, only know of its’ communistic tendencies and of past event involvement. What most people don 't understand, is what occurs everyday in Cuba. Cubans know the art of survival, which ultimately attributes to their quality of life. Historically, Cuba is similar to that of…

Christopher Columbus is credited with making a discovery that changed history. Before his discovery of the new world there had been no contact across the Atlantic Ocean borders. For Columbus, and his European party, this finding lead to riches and new lands for their respected countries. Another positive part of this finding of new land were people, cultures, and goods This encounter however for Indians brought an uninvited guess that wanted their land, crops, and riches. Europeans also exposed…