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When thinking of ancient, urban centers many think of ancient capitals such as Rome, Athens, or Cairo. However, across the Atlantic Ocean in Central and South America, there were a number of growing urban centers being built by the Aztec, Mayan, and Incan civilizations. An example of a Central American urban center is Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan was the capital of the ancient Aztec capital which is located in present-day Mexico-City, Mexico. The development of this ancient city was dependent on three important factors: favorable ecology, advancing technology, and social organization. With these three preconditions, the growth of Tenochtitlan as a major urban center and as the capital of the Aztec’s civilization was able to flourish.

From sandy beaches to rocky mountain ranges, astounding big cities to mosques and gothic cathedrals, vibrant festivals to the theatrical historic bullfights, Spain has about everything. Spain has been the center of culture in Europe for thousands of years. Spain is an astonishing place with rich heritage and lively festivals and art. Spain is not just about the flamenco dancing, bullfights, and the religious festivals, it has so many things to offer. Even Lenny Kravitz the American singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer said, “It’s like a dream to come to Spain and stay a for a couple of years and get somebody to teach me Spanish music.” Today I am going to inform you about the well-known features of La Siesta in the Spanish culture, the creative and energetic Flamenco dance, and the historic subculture of Basque.

Everyone knew that when one stayed in the water too long, one drowned. However, that was not the case. In Alden Nowlan’s, “The Fall of the City,” Teddy was a young boy who had a very vivid imagination. Although at times it went to the dark side, it was ultimately the mistreatment from his aunt and uncle which cause Teddy to destroy his city. For example, his uncle’s threats of physical abuse leaded Teddy drowned in his imagination, the only place where he can feel safer. Although Teddy hardly spoke back to his uncle, he was still threatened that he will not “be able to sit down the rest of the week.” The threat isolated Teddy from his uncle and Teddy felt as if he has no one to turn to. Without someone who truly understands his feelings,

The collection of articles, “The Shame of the Cities” written by Lincoln Steffens, evidently reveals the history of corruption in many American cities during the 18th and 19th century. The chapter, “Pittsburg: A City Ashamed” focuses wholly on the effect Christopher Magee had on the city of Pittsburg during the time of his ruling. With the help of William Flinn, Thomas Bigelow, and E.M. Bigelow, Chris was in complete control over the city. While some of what he was doing was very helpful toward, it is undeniable that he was the cause of Pittsburgh’s extensive corruption.

Despair sometimes becomes the basis of inspiration in which we live out our lives. The "City of One: A Memoir" by Francine Cournos is a testament to this notion by basing her desire to study medicine and psychoanalytic as a result of her wanting to understand her mother’s death. "City of One: A Memoir" is a story of triumph and inspiration through the notion that while an individual’s life may be difficult there is always something greater to live for. Francine Cournos life gives insight into how vicious separation within the attachment cycle can be and while early attachment theorists may say one thing about how it can affect the way we function later in life there is always a chance to stand against it.

In the 1932: Scars of Memory and Rosario Castellanos’ City of Kings, with its excerpt, Arthur Smith Finds Salvation, demonstrated the ambiguous characteristics of the distinctive culture of indigenous people of modern Latin America. It was the specific and violent continuity of ancient traditions that potentially influenced the constant uprisings as well as dictatorships, as the Mayan and Aztec civilizations were known for their aggressive rituals and behavioral patterns (Castellanos, 137). All the while, the same continuity of traditions supported the descendants of ancient civilizations in their struggles to preserve their ethnic and cultural entity as well as human dignity.

In 1510-1554 Francisco Vazquez De Coronado served as governor of an important province in New Spain (Mexico).Coronado searches for the 7 golden cities. Coronado decided to seek his fortune in the new world.De Coronado’s dad was a royal administrator in Granada. Francisco married a woman named Beatriz. The people who sponsored him was Alvar Nuneza Bezade Vaca, and Marcos de Niza. The motive for the exploration of Francisco was to seek his fortune by finding the 7 golden cities and he was expecting to find a lot of gold their so that he may reach his goal. The dates of the explorations was 1535, 1540, 1541, and 1542. The exploration routes were Northern Mexico, Southwestern usa, Arizona, New mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Francisco impacted

"The Angled City" revolves around the internal conflict between "N." and he struggles to stay moral while fighting a war. This self vs self conflict is fought throughout the entire story. N. tries to give his victims a chance by keeping to a code of conduct, this is how N. separates himself from other snipers by justifying his conduct as a pattern that anyone could discern. N. ultimately is losing this battle with himself and goes into the city to a bar. While on his way back he notices the spot he normally looks down on with his rifle and is disturbed by the area from the city level. After returning to his sniper spot his inner self manifests itself into his own image but on the other end of his rifle. N. fires a shot out of his rifle

The concepts of U.S- Mexican border, and boarders in general, is the main focus of author Gloria Anzalúda in her publication “Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza.” In some ways, this book is an autobiography that is written in a stream of consciousness with intertextual poems, songs, and stories. By using such techniques, Anzalúda is able to stress different aspects of living in a ‘borderland’ and also how the role expected of women is extensive and interconnected with the Catholic Church and Mexican cultural norms. In “Signs Preceding the End of the World,” a novel by Yuri Herrera, the main character, a young girl by the name of Makina, who defies the many of the general accepted behaviors for women in Mexico. The entire story revolves around her journey across the United States and Mexican border to find her brother who had gone over many years ago. In her quest she encounters gangsters, smugglers, and law enforcement, all the while leaving behind her life in Mexico. In this paper, I will explain how Makina, as a young woman from Mexico, engages with and contests the gender expectations demonstrated in Anzalúda’s text through the relationships with her boyfriend(s), entering into the places of the gangs, and her behavior towards the people she encounters along her journey.

After the repetition of the dream passage beginning in bar sixty, another interlude starts in bar sixty-eight that both transitions from the previous mood and prepares for the next. Continuity from the previous section is seen with the arpeggiation and statements of a motive from the opening vocal line. The interlude also helps to prepare for a more somber mood with the appearance of A@ minor, the parallel minor. The vocal line, in which the speaker outrightly admits doubt regarding the ideal, is marked recitative, and its chordal accompaniment is appropriately sparse. The shift to this section is quick, with an applied dominant seventh chord to B@ minor in bars seventy-four and seventy-five. In a moment of truth, all attention is appropriately

The sources utilized by Walkowitz (1992) present the changing notions of gender identity in Victorian society, which evolved from tabloid news articles about child prostitution. An article by W.T. Stead in 1885 defines the important use of primary media sources that challenged the stereotypical notions of female identity in relation to the dominant patriarchy of Victorian society. Stead’s article entitled” “Maiden tribute to Modern Babylon” Walkowitz (1992) defines the intense conflict between masculine and female identity in the way it empowered women to fight against men who hired girls for prostitution: “Interspersed among these sensational accounts were “realist” stories from life” of young girls drawn into the London Labyrinth.” These tabloid “stories” are used by Walkowitz (1992) illustrate first-hand accounts of the ruination of children, the capture of virgins, and the

The border between the United States of America and Mexico always had been always a theme for a lot of discussions. And, in the book “Sunshine/Noir II” Juanita Lopez and Michael Cheno described, through texts, their point of view about the topic. Both authors represent that the control of the border has become way more restrict and militarized. In that sense, Michael Wickert presents his idea in a poem form, text named “The border Is a Fight”, that describes the dramas of a Mexican family that has to cross the border every day in a hope to get a better future. Whereas, Juanita Lopez demonstrates it through an essay that uses personal narratives of the author’s relatives to illustrate her point of view. Therefore, the both authors exploit their point of views using different text forms, and figurative images, like metaphors and personification, for delivering their ideas in the way they do.

Part two of Death and Life explains several conditions for city diversity based on the observations of different American cities and discusses in depth the four factors that Jacobs believe are critical for the development of a city. The basis for generating diversity lies in these conditions, and cannot be secludedly achieved by planning and designing. This part lays out the foundation and is the basis for the rest of the book. It shows urban planning and many possible remedies for creating equal diversity, and studies why these are not applied and the effects of it not being so.

In this paper I will discuss and explain anatomy of a crime decline in New York City as well as if in these days can we say that the city is safe. Purpose of this book " The City That Become Safe " written by Franklin E. Zimring is to show us how crime rate changed during 1990 to 2009. According to author this book presents a detailed profile of New York City crime over 20 years period. Book provides the vital statistics of the crime drop by type of crime, by borough, and by year. There are two reasons that such exhaustive detail is required as a beginning to the study. First, the size and the length of the drop are without precedent in the recorded history of American urban crime. The second reason that the details of the crime decline are needed is as a road map for explaining what changes in the city and its government might have caused this epic decline. The more we know about the specific character of the decline- when it happened, where it happened, which offenses- the better our capacity for sorting through different theories of what caused the drop. In addition, shifts the focus from the two decades of the decline to an assessment of current conditions in the city. How safe is New York City?.

El eje central de la comunicación (el qué), o cuál es el mensaje que se va a comunicar a un determinado público objetivo