May 12, 2012
This is a brief summary of the history of Dominican Republic before and after the Spanish came. This island was populated by Taino Indians and this was their home country for hundreds of years. In 1492 Christopher Columbus went on his first voyage, he claimed the island as Spanish territory. Now-a-days, this is an independent island, which shares territory with Haiti (one of the poorest countries in the world). Some connections that I noticed between the Dominican Republic and the Peruvian are the history of the countries; they are both countries that were controlled by the Spanish for many centuries, and this is why the way our ancient buildings are very similar and when you go to old towns the little houses look the same.