Historical and Modern-Day Colombia: Colonial history, independence, armed conflict, and the modern-day Republic of Colombia.
Book Details
Author(s)Gabriel van Woerkom
ISBN / ASINB00OELBXPM
ISBN-13978B00OELBXP2
Sales Rank1,264,475
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Revisi n in 2015: grammar and spelling control.
The republic of Colombia is a country located in the northwest corner of South America. The country has more than 47 million inhabitants and the official spoken language is Spanish. It is an ethnically diverse country, consisting of descendants of the original native inhabitants, Spanish colonists, Africans which originally were brought to the country as slaves, 20th-century European immigrants and immigrants from the Middle East.
Colombia s geography encompasses the Amazon rain-forest, tropical grasslands and both Pacific and Caribbean coastlines. The country is listed among the world s mega diverse countries and is considered the most mega diverse per square kilometer in the world. It is an emerging market and its economy is the third largest in South America.
In this eBook, Historical and Modern-Day Colombia, which has nine chapters, these topics and more will be discussed in detail:
1. Introduction
2. Colonial History
3. Independence from Spain
4. The forming of an independent country known as Colombia
5. Colombia s armed conflict
6. Politics, treaties and military
7. Modern-Day Colombia
8. Major cities in Colombia
9. Final word
The republic of Colombia is a country located in the northwest corner of South America. The country has more than 47 million inhabitants and the official spoken language is Spanish. It is an ethnically diverse country, consisting of descendants of the original native inhabitants, Spanish colonists, Africans which originally were brought to the country as slaves, 20th-century European immigrants and immigrants from the Middle East.
Colombia s geography encompasses the Amazon rain-forest, tropical grasslands and both Pacific and Caribbean coastlines. The country is listed among the world s mega diverse countries and is considered the most mega diverse per square kilometer in the world. It is an emerging market and its economy is the third largest in South America.
In this eBook, Historical and Modern-Day Colombia, which has nine chapters, these topics and more will be discussed in detail:
1. Introduction
2. Colonial History
3. Independence from Spain
4. The forming of an independent country known as Colombia
5. Colombia s armed conflict
6. Politics, treaties and military
7. Modern-Day Colombia
8. Major cities in Colombia
9. Final word
