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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How I Feel About Spain By: Hannah Frank People from Spain were very greedy/ selfish and they didn’t care for anybody other than their selves and their king. Spain also forced the natives into slavery because they refused to convert to Christianity. The spanish colonization was very untrustworthy and they were all about tricking people just to get what they wanted. Spain was greedy/ selfish‚ forceful‚ and untrustworthy. People from Spain were greedy and selfish people. The natives said
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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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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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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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Introduction The impact of the Internet on travel agencies Rob Law Kenith Leung and James Wong The authors Rob Law‚ Kenith Leung and James Wong are all Faculty Members in the School of Hotel and Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hung Hom‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong. Keywords Leisure activities‚ International travel‚ Tourism‚ Internet‚ Online databases‚ Hong Kong Abstract This paper examines tourist perceptions of the potential for the elimination of travel agencies
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General History of the Things of New Spain Bernardino de Sahagún And after the dying in Cholula‚[1] the Spaniards set off on their way to Mexico‚[2] coming gathered and bunched‚ raising dust.... Thereupon Moteucçoma[3] named and sent noblemen and a great many other agents of his...to go meet [Cortés]...at Quauhtechcac. They gave [the Spaniards] golden banners of precious feathers‚ and golden necklaces. And when they had given the things to them‚ they seemed to smile‚ to rejoice
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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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During the Age of European expansion‚ Spain stumbled onto its overseas empire; which just so happen to be very massive and have a lot of prosperity. Columbus was supported by Isabella‚ the queen of Castile. In 1492‚ he landed on a Caribbean island that he named Española‚ or also known as Little Spain. Even later‚ Columbus believed the West Indies were part of the East. The Spanish and Portuguese were not first outsiders to arrive‚ but were the first with guns‚ sails‚ horses‚ and religion. This helped
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assert and have independent power thus breaking the gender norms of her society. Queen Isabella of Castile had to endure a civil war to secure her place on the throne‚ and though by marrying Ferdinand of Aragon‚ unifying the crowns‚ she alone helped Spain become a powerful kingdom through her grandiose political visions. As the only daughter of the King of Castile and León‚ Isabella’s early life was strongly influenced by her closeness
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