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uschestvuet beautiful legend about Valentine's Day.
St. Valentine lived in Rome in the third century AD. While Claudius was emperor of Rome. He was not very popular, because he was trying to get more and more people for his army. Men do not want to go into the army, and Claudius thought it was due to the fact that they did not want to leave their wives and children. "If they do not get married, they will go into the army," he thought, and a law was passed that forbade marriage.
Valentine was a Christian priest, who did not like the new law. He secretly married people who were in love. One night, the soldiers of the Emperor caught him and put him in prison. Valentin was going to die.
Many young people feel sorry for Valentine's Day and visited him in prison. One of them was the daughter of a prison guard. On the day of his execution, Valentine wrote a note to her and signed it "With love from Valentine." It was February 14, the 269 BC ..
Since February 14 - love when people send love letters and gifts to each other. They do not sign their name cards, but write "Guess Who" or "Your Valentine."
First it was the European tradition, but then it became popular in other countries. She came to Russia, too, but many people say, "If you love someone, you have to show it every day, not just one day a year."

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One of the most significant dates during the reign of the Spanish Catholic Monarchs was 12th October 1492: the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus.
The fact that Christopher Columbus (who was not originally Spanish) appealed to a foreign court to offer his services proved that the discovery of America was not unexpected.
Portugal and Spain were well-advanced in the exploration of overseas mercantile routes and Sevilla, a wealthy Spanish city, was by then an important commercial centre. We know that the African routes were closed to Spain in favour of Portugal. In 1479, Alfonso V of Portugal recognized the rights of Spain over the Canary Islands, while Spain ^recognized the rights of Portugal over the Azores, Cape Verde and Madeira.
The Canary Islands were an excellent bridgehead for alternate routes. Unified Spain possessed in 1492 a powerful war machine, a solid economy, naval experience including the exploration of trade routes and notable scientific-technical potential mathematicians, geographers, astronomers and shipbuilders who had been formed in a melting-pot of three cultures: Jews, Muslims and Christians. Its only rival was its neighbour, Portugal, which, as we know, had put a stop to Spanish expansion in Africa.
Columbus’ offer was rapidly accepted, but during his journey to Asia his caravels unexpectedly came across the American continent.
The Spanish were especially well prepared by history to conquer, occupy, populate and exploit new lands and assimilate new people. America thus became the new frontier-land for those people used to its ways and with the military, diplomats and administrative arms at their disposal to face the challenge. By the middle of the 16th century, they had settled in the two most important viceroyalties, Mexico on the Atlantic, and Peru on the Pacific.
A5 Sevilla was the largest sea port and trade center of the world.
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A6 In the 15-th century it was the privilege of Portugal to use African routes.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
A7 By 1492 Spain had serious resourses to expand its world influence
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
A8 The Spanish were not ready to settle on the newly open lands.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

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place is a small clothes shop.I like it ..... it is cheap and the people are friendly . I don" t ........
our local cinema because it"s dark and expensive.

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