Word: mediterraneans
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...Obertraun is described as "Europe's nude ski mecca"), all without wearing a stitch. There are naturist flights to Canc?n in Mexico (they can be combined with a week in the El Dorado Resort and Spa, a section of which is reserved for nude vacationers). Or how about nude Mediterranean cruises, Jamaican weddings or?for the more daring? piranha-fishing expeditions in the Amazon? Spartan, old-style nudist colonies are on the decline, replaced by holiday options every bit as slick as those available to clothed travelers...
...sustained themselves by preying on the maritime commerce of others. Income was raised by direct theft, the extortion of bribes or "protection" and the capture of crews and passengers to be used as slaves. The historian Robert Davis, in his book Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast and Italy, 1500-1800, estimates that as many as 1.25 million Europeans and Americans were enslaved. The Barbary raiders--so called because they were partly of Berber origin--struck as far north as England and Ireland. It appears, for example, that almost every inhabitant of the Irish...
...often paid back in kind. China sent silk, paper, porcelain and gunpowder along the Silk Road. In exchange, astrological findings from its western reaches deepened China's knowledge of the heavens. The principal trade routes lay between 30 and 40 degrees latitude, ensuring that Silk Road kingdoms from the Mediterranean to China saw the same stars and could benefit from shared observations. Manuscripts depicting the movements of the Moon and planets found in Arabic and Indian astronomy, which had been shaped by the discoveries of Babylon, also show up in Chinese studies of the heavens. A likely product of this...
...venture was an instant success with Nantucket residents, as it provided a broad range array of Mediterranean dishes to an elite clientele. Chase says that the original menu included couscous salads, wrapped grape leaves and pizzas—“anything that appealed to my taste buds...
...immigrants, particularly those coming to the U.S., the obesity problem has become a full-blown crisis. Even the stubbornest new arrivals may find that their food practices are impossible to maintain in a new environment, where familiar ingredients aren't available, old-world holidays aren't observed and the Mediterranean tradition of the heavy lunch must yield to the less healthy practice of postponing the big meal until the end of the day. "There's a lot of food-related culture shock for new immigrants," says anthropologist David Himmelgreen of the University of South Florida in Tampa...