One of the best examples of how we got Native Americans all wrong is Cahokia, a massive Native American city located in modern day East St. Louis. In 1250, it was bigger than London, and featured a sophisticated society with an urban center, satellite villages and thatched-roof houses lining the central plazas.
Sponsored Topics. Melba is a city in Canyon County, Idaho, United States. The population was 439 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Boise CityâNampa, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area. Melba is located at 43Â°22â²25â³N 116Â°31â²45â³W / 43.37361Â°N 116.52917Â°W / 43.37361; -116.52917 (43.373487, -116.529194).
In Cuba, Rumba is a generic term covering a variety of musical rhythms and associated dances. The rumba has its influences in the music brought to Cuba by Spanish colonizers as well as Africans brought to Cuba as slaves. Rumba is more than a music and dance genre; it is the collective expression of the Creole nature of the island itself. Rumba is a secular genre of Congolese African and Spanish flamenco influences, and is one of the primary ancestors of popular music in Cuba.