It was a flaming cross,this made him put the symbol of the cross on all the sheilds and he won
Cuba had been a country of interest for Americans for many years
prior to the 1890s. Because it was only 90 miles from the tip of
Florida, many Americans believed it to be a natural extension of the US.
During the 1890s it became a profitable source of trade for American
businessmen. After the Cuban revolt against Spain ended the Americans
poured investments over $50 million into Cuba and became the biggest
purchaser of Cuban sugar. The US removed tariffs making sugar cheap for Americans to buy. Both the US and the Cuban economies benefited and the trade increased to $100 million. The depression of 1893, however, had a negative effect on both economies. <span>
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The Suez Canal between the Sinai Peninsula (Asia) and the rest of Egypt (Africa).
The ridgeline of the Darien Mountains, where water flows different directions on either side (the watershed boundary), and Colombia and Panama meet, is a common dividing line for the Americas.
... frustrations with how independence had led to situations where caudillos (authoritarian leaders) rose to power.
Bolivar had wanted a united Spanish America, a great nations, but the wars of independence had tended to result in charismatic military rulers leading their own countries in authoritarian ways -- what we today would call dictators.
Cheikh Anta Diop, he believed that African people formed their society based on Egyptian beliefs and not European customs.
It states that if ancient Kemet had evolved as a patriarchal society, as some Egyptologists claim, it in fact would have remained patriarchal throughout its entire history and therefore be a part of the northern cradle.
