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North America - Geography.
D Climate Although North America has considerable climatic variety, five principal climatic regions can be identified. The northern two-thirds of Canada and Alaska, as well as all ofGreenland, have subarctic and arctic climates, in which long, dark, bitterly cold winters alternate with brief, mild summers. Most of the region, which receives relativelylittle precipitation, is covered with snow and ice during much of the year. A second climatic region is made up of the eastern two-thirds of the U...
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Mesoamerica.
for cooking. In other regions, the earliest ceramics are more sophisticated technically and aesthetically. At around 1800 BC in the Pacific coastal region of Soconusco (in what is now southeastern Chiapas State, Mexico), the earliest pottery was very complex both in forms and decoration. It seems to have had a social function and beenused primarily for ritual feasting. III MAJOR CIVILIZATIONS Over a period of 3000 years, beginning in about 1500 BC, a number of important cultures emerged in M...
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Spanish Empire.
Spain’s royal government quickly imposed its own officials, first to collect taxes and then to administer the colony. Its goal was to assert royal control over both settlersand indigenous peoples. In Spain the government established a House of Trade to supervise colonial affairs and to oversee, license, and tax all trade and commerce. Asthe royal government asserted more authority over colonial activities, Columbus lost effective power, and was eventually replaced by other colonial governors. Wi...
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Spanish Empire .
Spain’s royal government quickly imposed its own officials, first to collect taxes and then to administer the colony. Its goal was to assert royal control over both settlersand indigenous peoples. In Spain the government established a House of Trade to supervise colonial affairs and to oversee, license, and tax all trade and commerce. Asthe royal government asserted more authority over colonial activities, Columbus lost effective power, and was eventually replaced by other colonial governors. Wi...
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Azteca - historia.
oficial de México que aparece, entre otros, en los billetes y monedas. Al aumentar en número, los aztecas establecieron organizaciones civiles y militares superiores. En 1325 fundaron la ciudad de Tenochtitlan (ubicada donde se encuentra laactual ciudad de México, capital del país). 3 LA CAPITAL Mapa histórico de ciudad de MéxicoLa ciudad de México fue originariamente la capital del Imperio azteca, Tenochtitlan, fundada en 1325. Tenía más de 200.000habitantes cuando los conquistadores españoles...
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Zachary Taylor.
army fled back across the Río Grande into Mexico. When Polk got word of the victories, he promoted Taylor to major general. Congress awarded him two gold medals. B1 Battle of Monterrey In September 1846, Taylor began an invasion of northern Mexico. His army of 6000 consisted of regulars and volunteers. On September 21 he attacked the fortifiedcity of Monterrey, which was defended by more than 7000 Mexicans under General Pedro de Ampudia. Taylor divided his army, giving Brigadier General William...
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Zachary Taylor
army fled back across the Río Grande into Mexico. When Polk got word of the victories, he promoted Taylor to major general. Congress awarded him two gold medals. B1 Battle of Monterrey In September 1846, Taylor began an invasion of northern Mexico. His army of 6000 consisted of regulars and volunteers. On September 21 he attacked the fortifiedcity of Monterrey, which was defended by more than 7000 Mexicans under General Pedro de Ampudia. Taylor divided his army, giving Brigadier General William...
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Latin America.
adequate housing and services, most were forced to live in shantytowns that came to encircle all large Latin American cities. One of the key problems facing Latin America in the late 20th century was the rapid rise of external debt during the 1980s. The borrowed money had been used bycorrupt, or at best inefficient, governments in non-productive projects. These large debts meant that many countries had to spend up to 30 percent of their net incometo pay interest on their loans. Some countries, s...
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Virreinato de Nueva España - historia.
entonces, todas las diócesis existentes y las que se crearon después en el periodo virreinal fueron sufragáneas de la de México. En 1620, se establecieron las diócesis deGuadiana o Durango, y, en 1777 y 1778, las de Linares y Sonora. Al transformarse en 1743 en archidiócesis la que existía en Guatemala, se convirtió en metropolitana conrespecto a la de Chiapas y las otras de Centroamérica. 3 LA SOCIEDAD VIRREINAL Plaza de las Tres CulturasLa plaza de las Tres Culturas, en la ciudad de México, s...
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Latin American Music
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Tito Puente Playing the Drums
Since the 1950s American drummer Tito Puente has popularized Latin American music, especially the mambo, in the
United States.
Panpipe Music of BoliviaWell before the Spanish conquest, native peoples such as the Quechua and Aymara living in the Andes Mountains inBolivia, Peru, and Ecuador, developed a rich musical tradition. Panpipes (set of tuned pipes), made of ceramic, sugarcane,or bone were paired with shell trumpets, cane flutes, and drums, which accompanied dancers during religious and secularceremonies. Large ensembles of 4 to 20 panpipe players are still the norm, and Spanish influences have since beenintegrated...
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United States History - U.
and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...
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United States History - U.
and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...
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Latin American Architecture
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INTRODUCTION
Oldest Cathedral in the Western Hemisphere
The oldest cathedral in the Western hemisphere is the Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, constructed between 1512 and
1541 in Santo Domingo, now the capitol of the Dominican Republic.
Colonial FortressThe imposing fortress of San Felipe de Barajas, in the foreground, was built in the mid-17th century to defend the colonialport settlement of Cartagena. Modern day Cartagena, Colombia, can be seen in the background.Dave G. Houser/Post-Houserstock/Corbis The use of architecture and urban planning as tools of European conquest is a recurrent theme in Latin American history. King Philip II of Spain ordered town plannersto use a grid or checkerboard plan for the layout of new towns...
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Los EEUU
sino también con cualquier otro agente de los EE.UU. Además los inmigrantes deben hacer cuidado cuando cruzan los carreteros. 5) El TLCAN que significa: Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, es un tratado y entró en vigor el 1 de enero 1994. Creó una zona de libre comercio entre los Estados Unidos, Canadá y México. Este acuerdo, elimina las barreras al comercio y establece la libertad de inversión entre los tres países y ha contribuido de manera significativa a acercar México de...
- Casa de Luis Barragán, México.
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JO de Mexico 1968
Introduction : Le Comité international olympique confie l'organisation des Jeux e olympiques d'été de 1968 à la ville de Mexico au cours de sa 60 session, le 18 octobre 1963 à Baden-Baden. D’autres villes comme Lyon, Détroit ou encore Buenos Aires avaient également présenté leur candidature pour les JO 1968. Ces Jeux sont les premiers organisés dans un pays en voie de développement et furent fortement marqués par les événements politiques qui ont eut lieu durant cette année. Les deux...
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Arte y arquitectura precolombinas - historia.
tumbas y templos sobre basamentos escalonados, se llevaban a cabo manualmente sin ayuda de ningún tipo de maquinaria. La pirámide precolombina era considerada como algo diferente a su equivalente egipcia, ya que no estaba construida con fines funerarios sino como residencia de unadeidad. Sin embargo, excavaciones recientes confirman de modo reiterado que solían incorporarse tumbas a las pirámides. Los pictogramas de los códices, ( véase Paleografía) permiten suponer que las pirámides tenían gran...
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Native Americans of Middle and South America.
A line that snakes across central Mexico near the Tropic of Cancer forms the northern boundary of Mesoamerica; north of this line rainfall sharply declines and theclimate is much drier. The ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica all arose and developed in the area between this line and the Guatemalan highlands far to the south. Richvolcanic soils are found throughout much of the region. A2 People and Languages Mesoamerica was a great melting pot, home to many peoples and interrelated cultures. In...
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San Antonio (city, Texas) - geography.
The SBC Center is the home venue for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's NationalBasketball Association (WNBA). The dome also serves as the site for the Alamo Bowl, an annual post-season college football game. Large themed amusement parks inthe San Antonio area are Fiesta Texas and Sea World of Texas. San Antonio’s major annual event is the Fiesta, a ten-day celebration in late April with carnivals, ethnic feasts, art...
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Millard Fillmore.
B Vice President of the United States During the first half of 1850, Fillmore as vice president presided over the United States Senate (the upper chamber of Congress) as angry debates raged betweenNorthern and Southern sectionalists over the status of slavery in the recently acquired lands. His fairness and sense of humor in the chair were not enough to restorepeace among the contending senators. The antislavery faction, led by Senator Seward (the former governor of New York) and Senator Salmon...
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Millard Fillmore
B Vice President of the United States During the first half of 1850, Fillmore as vice president presided over the United States Senate (the upper chamber of Congress) as angry debates raged betweenNorthern and Southern sectionalists over the status of slavery in the recently acquired lands. His fairness and sense of humor in the chair were not enough to restorepeace among the contending senators. The antislavery faction, led by Senator Seward (the former governor of New York) and Senator Salmon...
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Colorado (river, North America) - Geography.
sometime between AD 1300 and 1400, but their descendants, the Hopi and Pueblo people, continue to farm and irrigate using the river's waters. The first European to visit the river was probably Spanish soldier and explorer Francisco de Ulloa, who explored the mouth of the Colorado in 1539. In 1540 and 1541another Spaniard, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, traveled through much of the region around the Colorado River. An exploring party from the Coronado expedition,led by Garcia López de Cárdenas,...
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California - geography.
The Basin and Range province is an arid area of mountain ranges, basins, and deserts. In California it is represented primarily by parts of the Great Basin and SonoranDesert sections. Within the Great Basin lies Death Valley, whose lowest elevation, 86 m (282 ft) below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. TheSonoran Desert section is characterized by numerous flat plains separated by low but rugged ranges. It includes the extensive Mojave, or Mohave, Desert. Also in thisprov...
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California - USA History.
The Basin and Range province is an arid area of mountain ranges, basins, and deserts. In California it is represented primarily by parts of the Great Basin and SonoranDesert sections. Within the Great Basin lies Death Valley, whose lowest elevation, 86 m (282 ft) below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. TheSonoran Desert section is characterized by numerous flat plains separated by low but rugged ranges. It includes the extensive Mojave, or Mohave, Desert. Also in thisprov...
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Árbol - ciencias de la naturaleza.
Brote de pino de WollemiEste tubo de ensayo contiene un diminuto brote de pino de Wollemi, un árbol descubierto a finales de 1994 en el parque nacional deWollemi, cerca de Sydney, Australia. Se trata de una planta del cretácico que se creía extinguida desde hace más de 50 millones deaños. En el jardín botánico de Mount Annan, en Sydney, se están obteniendo clones de los brotes.Sydney Morning Herald/AP/Wide World Photos Hay árboles desde el periodo devónico de la era paleozoica ( véase Geología:...
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Hurricane.
V HOW HURRICANES ARE DETECTED AND MONITORED Since 1943 U.S. military and civilian aircraft have been flying into hurricanes to measure wind velocities and directions, the location and size of the eye, air pressures,and temperatures in different parts of the storm. A coordinated system of tracking hurricanes was developed in the mid-1950s, and steady improvements have beenmade over the years. In addition to reports from aircraft, geosynchronous weather satellites (since 1966) and ocean buoys tha...
- Mérida (México) - (exposé gratuit en espagnol).
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New Mexico - Facts and Figures.
Asians 1.1 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 20.7 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 42.1 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 75.7 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 417 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 550 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 22.9 percent (2006) Number of students per...
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Aztec Empire - history.
and Tlacopan. In 1428 the triple alliance defeated the Tepaneca. Under the Mexica ruler Itzcoatl, his successor Montezuma I, and the Texcocan ruler Netzahualcóyotl, thethree states waged a series of conquests. They eventually established an empire that extended from central Mexico to the Guatemalan border and included many differentstates and ethnic groups, who were forced to pay tribute to the alliance. Tenochtitlán became the dominant power within the alliance. IV AZTEC CIVILIZATION Aztec soc...
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Folclore - geografía.
Ya en 1905 estudiosos daneses utilizaron el gramófono de Edison para registrar canciones de Dinamarca, Groenlandia y las islas Feroe. Entre los principales folcloristasescandinavos se encontraba el finlandés Antti Aarne, que colaboró en el desarrollo de procedimientos para establecer los elementos, el lugar de origen y la fechaaproximada de los cuentos populares. En 1910 Aarne creó un importante sistema para realizar un índice sobre cuentos populares, que posteriormente fue traducido yampliado p...
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Voisin des États-Unis, le Mexique, État fédéral, est la deuxième
grande puissance démographique et économique de l'Amérique
latine.
Californie (Basse-) Chihuahua Madre (sierra) Mexique (golfe du) Popocatépetl Tehuantepec (isthme de) Yucatán La diversité climatique. L'étirement en latitude et l'étagement lié à l'altitude entraînent une grande diversité climatique. Trois grands ensembles naturels peuvent être dégagés : le Sud tropical humide, le Nord semi-aride et le Centre volcanique, où l'Altiplano et les basses terres ont un climat tropical à deux saisons (sèche de novembre à mai et humide de juin à octobre). À la l...
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James Polk.
1824. Jackson had won a plurality of the popular and electoral votes. But because he lacked a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives had todecide the election among the three candidates with the highest number of electoral votes. When Henry Clay, the candidate who had come in fourth, swung his supportto Adams, Adams won the election. Polk, with his firm belief in democratic rule, held that the election of Adams was a violation of the people's will. In his first speech befo...
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James Polk
1824. Jackson had won a plurality of the popular and electoral votes. But because he lacked a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives had todecide the election among the three candidates with the highest number of electoral votes. When Henry Clay, the candidate who had come in fourth, swung his supportto Adams, Adams won the election. Polk, with his firm belief in democratic rule, held that the election of Adams was a violation of the people's will. In his first speech befo...
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Les témoignages des Espagnols, mais aussi les textes en langue aztèque et les trésors
archéologiques du Mexique nous permettent de reconstituer l'histoire des Aztèques.
Les livres Aztèques - fondation de Mexico-Tenochtitlán en 1325 (codex Mendoza), page 504, volume 1 Société et gouvernement Au fur et à mesure de l'expansion de l'empire, la société aztèque se diversifiait, tandis que le gouvernement et l'administration des provinces se développaient. Les simples citoyens (maceualtin ) devaient le service militaire et participaient aux travaux collectifs. Chacun recevait du calpulli (organisation tribale de quartier) une parcelle de terre pour y construire...
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Édouard Manet
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INTRODUCTION
Manet: Tradition and Innovation
French impressionist painter Édouard Manet shocked art audiences in Paris with Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (The Luncheon on
the Grass; 1863, Musée d'Orsay, Paris), which depicts a nude woman at a woodland picnic.
Le Déjeuner sur l’herbeLe Déjeuner sur l’herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) by Édouard Manet was painted in 1863. When it was first displayed, therough brushwork and undefined areas of color were as distressing to the public as the nude woman who was neither aclassical goddess nor a symbol in an allegory. Manet claimed that the real subject of the painting was light, and it was thatphilosophy that gave birth to impressionism.Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York After his father died in 1862, Manet...
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Native American Languages.
From Nahuatl, spoken in Middle America, come avocado, cacao, cocoa, chile/chili, chocolate, coyote, tamale , tomato , and many others. Contributions from South American languages include jaguar, cashew, tapioca, and toucan from Tupinambá; alpaca, condor, jerky, llama, puma, and quinine from Quechua; and barbecue, canoe, guava, hammock, hurricane, iguana, maize, papaya, and potato from Maipurean (Arawakan). Native American languages, in turn, have borrowed words from European language...
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Gold - chemistry.
producers of gold during this period. Spain's domination in South America resulted, in the 16th century, in a large increase in gold produced in the New World; someresulted from simple seizure of gold from the Native Americans, who had long mined the metal. In the same century Mexico contributed about 9 percent of the totalworld production. Gold was discovered in Australia in February 1851, and rich fields were found there. By the middle of the 19th century the United States produced a considera...
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Arizona - geography.
of the Mogollon Rim, the Little Colorado draws very little water from a relatively large watershed, usually containing a mere trickle of water in its riverbed. The ColoradoRiver’s principal tributary is the Gila River, which flows all the way across the southern part of the state from New Mexico to the California border. From the mountainsand plateaus of central Arizona, the Gila River receives the Salt, Agua Fria, and Hassayampa rivers. The Salt River is itself fed by the Verde River. The Gila...
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Arizona - USA History.
of the Mogollon Rim, the Little Colorado draws very little water from a relatively large watershed, usually containing a mere trickle of water in its riverbed. The ColoradoRiver’s principal tributary is the Gila River, which flows all the way across the southern part of the state from New Mexico to the California border. From the mountainsand plateaus of central Arizona, the Gila River receives the Salt, Agua Fria, and Hassayampa rivers. The Salt River is itself fed by the Verde River. The Gila...
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Arquitectura colonial - historia.
segunda emparentada con el plateresco, y una tercera fase, coincidente con la construcción de las grandes catedrales, caracterizada por el empleo de motivos decorativosmás geométricos para buscar contrastes de claroscuro. A esta última etapa corresponde el convento agustino de Actopan (Hidalgo), así como los franciscanos de Tecali yZacatlán de las Manzanas. En el llamado Nuevo Reino de Granada (Venezuela, Colombia) no se encuentran apenas edificios plenamente góticos. El renacimiento sí inspiró...
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Maya Civilization.
destruction was directed mostly at temples in the ceremonial precincts; it had little or no impact on the economy or population of a city as a whole. Some city-states didoccasionally conquer others, but this was not a common occurrence until very late in the Classic period when lowland civilization had begun to disintegrate. Until thattime, the most common pattern of Maya warfare seems to have consisted of raids employing rapid attacks and retreats by relatively small numbers of warriors, most o...
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Maya Civilization - History.
destruction was directed mostly at temples in the ceremonial precincts; it had little or no impact on the economy or population of a city as a whole. Some city-states didoccasionally conquer others, but this was not a common occurrence until very late in the Classic period when lowland civilization had begun to disintegrate. Until thattime, the most common pattern of Maya warfare seems to have consisted of raids employing rapid attacks and retreats by relatively small numbers of warriors, most o...
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Estados Unidos de América - geografía.
los Grandes Lagos incrementan este tipo de precipitaciones. En enero, se da un tiempo de intenso frío y escasa caída de nieve, a causa de que las masas de aire delAtlántico no pueden penetrar muy al norte en pleno invierno. Finalmente, las ocasionales tormentas en la kona (costa oeste) de Hawai durante el invierno son consecuencia de la entrada de masas de aire procedentes del norte del Pacífico que aprovechan el desplazamiento de la corriente en chorro hacia el sur. El régimen de lluvias habi...
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New York (city) - geography.
The Bronx is the fourth largest and the northernmost of the five boroughs, and the only one on the American mainland. Even so, it is surrounded by water on threesides: Long Island Sound on the east, the Harlem and East rivers on the south, and Hudson River on the west. Encompassing 109 sq km (42 sq mi), it had 1,332,650inhabitants in 2000. Largely residential, the Bronx includes dozens of vibrant neighborhoods. Fieldston is particularly elegant, with great stone houses set among spacious lawns a...
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Los Angeles - geography.
(2006 population, 472,494), located east of the Port of Los Angeles. The city of Compton (95,701) is located north of Long Beach, on the east side of the AlamedaCorridor. On the other side of the corridor are the cities of Torrance (142,350) and Inglewood (114,914). Northwest of Inglewood and west of downtown Los Angeles are the wealthy and fashionable Santa Monica (88,050) and Beverly Hills (34,979). Both cities are enclaves:Santa Monica is surrounded by the City of Los Angeles to the north, ea...
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Los Angeles - geography.
(2006 population, 472,494), located east of the Port of Los Angeles. The city of Compton (95,701) is located north of Long Beach, on the east side of the AlamedaCorridor. On the other side of the corridor are the cities of Torrance (142,350) and Inglewood (114,914). Northwest of Inglewood and west of downtown Los Angeles are the wealthy and fashionable Santa Monica (88,050) and Beverly Hills (34,979). Both cities are enclaves:Santa Monica is surrounded by the City of Los Angeles to the north, ea...
- Aguascalientes, ville du Mexique, au nord-ouest de Mexico, capitale d'État.
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Florida - USA History.
accidentally introduced into the region in the 1880s, and it spread with alarming rapidity throughout the upper reaches of the river. The plant is very difficult toeradicate, and it has also clogged the channels of other Florida rivers. To increase drainage of the Everglades, which drain naturally to Florida Bay and the Gulf ofMexico, a number of drainage channels and canals have been built across southern Florida. Among the rivers flowing from the peninsula to the Gulf of Mexico are the Suwanne...
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- Ripstein Arturo, né en 1943 à Mexico, cinéaste mexicain.
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Native American Art.
folding, braiding or weaving, could also be sewn onto the hide. The production of decorated clothing and bags increased after contact with Europeans as a greater variety of textiles and other materials became available throughtrade. Imported glass beads inspired native women, who quickly adapted quillwork techniques for the creation of beaded apparel. European curvilinear and floraldesigns of the 19th century proved as meaningful for the native women who worked with them as they were for the non...