Westmead International School Alangilan‚ Batangas City 2012-2013 Richard B. Dalawangbayan BSCS 421 Spanish (Mexico) Mexico: The “NEW SPAIN” The history of Mexico‚ a country located in the southern portion of North America‚ covers a period of more than two millennia. First populated more than 13‚000 years ago‚ the country produced complex indigenous civilizations before being conquered by the Spanish in the 16th century. Since the Spanish conquest
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The Role of Women in Spain Introduction The field of women’s studies has tried to restore the place of women in history by looking at a wide range of women’s roles and achievements in different historical periods. For example‚ Sanchez and Saens’ (1996) compilation about Spanish women during the golden age explored the lives not only of queens but of women artisans and female religious figures. What is clear from these explorations is that women’s lives were complex and their roles ambiguous
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name 5/17/13 Per.7 Spain Fresh tensions emerged between Germany and southern Europe as Spain and Italy criticised Berlin’s proposals for a European Union super commissioner with powers to police national budgets and punish those with large deficits. "This is an idea‚ that considered on its own‚ I personally don’t like‚" said Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy after meeting his Italian counterpart Mario Monti in Madrid. Monti claimed not to have read a Der Spiegel interview
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Unusual festivals in Spain La Tomatina La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Bunol near Valencia in Spain. Thousands of people make their way from all corners of the world to fight in this ’World’s Biggest Food Fight’ where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets. The week-long festival features music‚ parades‚ dancing‚ and fireworks. On the night before the tomato fight‚ participants of the
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The country of Spain lies on the continent of Europe. It is located forty degrees north and four degrees west. The capital of Spain‚ Madrid‚ is located in the central region known as the Centro-Meseta. The country of Spain is made up of four regions: El norte‚ El este‚ El sur‚ and Centro-Meseta. Spain’s large area of 195‚988 square miles covers about five sixths of the Iberian Peninsula. It is one of the largest countries in Western Europe. At its widest point‚ Spain stretches 635 miles from east
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The Third Wave of Democratization - The Spanish Paradigm History of the Third Wave History has proven that democratization around the world has occurred in stages. Samuel P. Huntington breaks these stages into three waves‚ with the final wave being the current wave. The third wave of democratization began in 1975 with Portugal’s transition. The vast majority of the countries that democratized during this time were transformed from a one-party system‚ a military regime or a personal dictatorship
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Spain (Listeni/ˈspeɪn/; Spanish: España [esˈpaɲa] ( listen))‚ officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España)‚[c][7] is a sovereign state and a member state of the European Union. It is located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and north east by France‚ Andorra‚ and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic
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14 35 N‚ 121 00 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington‚ DC during Standard Time) Spain Spain’s powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain‚ France‚ and Germany in economic and political power. Spain remained neutral in World Wars I and II but suffered through a devastating civil war (1936-39). Location:
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The Islamic Golden Age in Spain was a multi-cultural mix of the people of three religions that believed in one God; Muslims‚ Christians‚ and Jews. During the Golden Age; libraries‚ colleges‚ public baths were established and literature‚ poetry‚ and architecture flourished. Muslims and non-Muslims made general influences to this flowering of culture. The Golden Age is described as religious and ethnic tolerance and mixed agreement between Muslims‚ Christians‚ and Jews. Although Christians and Jews
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Magellan set out from Spain in 1519 on the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe with five ships and a complement of 264 crew. Three years later in 1522‚ only the one ship‚ the Victoria‚ returned to Spain with 18 men. The Philippines were the death of Magellan. The expedition sighted the island of Samar on March 16‚ 1521. Magellan was welcomed by two Rajas‚ Kolambu and Siagu. He named the islands the Archipelago of San Lazaro‚ erected a cross and claimed the lands for Spain. The friendly Rajas
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