explicacion de sur africa

1. From:Jessica E. Rangel Caro
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Linguistic Affiliation. South Africa has eleven official languages, a
measure that was included in the 1994 constitution to equalize the
status of Bantu languages with Afrikaans, which under the white
minority government had been the official language along with
English. Afrikaans is still the most widely used language in everyday
conversation, while English dominates in commerce, education, law,
government, formal communication, and the media. English is
becoming a lingua franca of the country, but strong attachments to
ethnic, regional, and community linguistic traditions remain,
supported by radio and television programming in all the nation's
languages. Linguistic subnationalism among ethnic groups such as
the Afrikaners remains an important feature of politicallife.
Urbanism, Architecture, and the Use of Space
Architecture in the European sense began with the construction of Cape Town by the
Dutch late in the seventeenth century. Monumental publicbuildings, houses of
commerce, private dwellings, churches, and rural estates of that period reflect the
ornamented but severe style of colonial Dutch architecture, which was influenced by
traditions from the Dutch East Indies. Many of the Cape's most stately buildings were
constructed with masonry hand carved by Muslim "Malay" artisans brought as slaves
from Indonesia. After the British took over the Cape in 1806, buildings in the British
colonial style modified the Cape Town architectural style. From colonial India, British
merchants and administrators brought the curved metal ornamental roofs and
slender lace work pillars that still typify the verandas of cottages in towns and cities
throughout the nation. Houses of worship contribute an important architectural

2. aspect even in the smallest towns. In addition to the soaring steeples and classic
stonework of Afrikaans Dutch Reformed churches, Anglican churches, synagogues,
mosques, and Hindu shrines provide variety tothe religious architectural scene.

3. El Tratado de Versalles (1919) fueun tratado de paz firmado por las
potencias europeas que puso fin oficialmente ala PrimeraGuerra
Mundial, después de seis meses de negociación, en la ciudad de Paris. El
Tratado de Versalles fue firmado como continuación al armisticio de
noviembrede 1918, en Compagine, que había puesto fin a los
enfrentamientos. El principal punto del Tratado de Versalles determinaba
que Alemaniaaceptaríatodas las responsabilidades por causar laGran
Guerra(asíse conocía a la Primera Guerra Mundial antes de que
aconteciera la Segunda Guerra Mundial) y que sobrelos términos de los
artículos 231-247, quefijaba indemnización de guerra para las potencias
vencedoras "La Triple entene"
Condiciones del Tratadode Versalles
El Tratado de Versalles tambiénestipulolacreaciónde la Sociedadde
Naciones (o Liga de Naciones), por iniciativa del presidente
norteamericano Woodlawn Wilson y sus famosos "14 Puntos". La
Sociedad de Naciones pretendía arbitrar las disputas internaciones y por
medio de eso evitar futuras guerras. El presidente francés Clemencia era
el más vigoroso en las represalias contra Alemania, ya que gran parte de la
guerra había transcurrido en suelo francés.