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The greatest footballing country on the planet is Brazil. Brazil is a country that wins 80% of its football matches. They have a record five Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cups, eight Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol (CONMEBOL) Copa Ameríca titles, and three FIFA Confederations Cup titles have created a football giant. How did a country on the periphery like Brazil become so dominant? What were the patterns of continuity and change that created this footballing leviathan? How did this sport transcend individual cultures and cultural regions? What were the significant social, political, and economic ramifications for all of the people involved? Brazil’s dominance in football is an indirect result of the cross-cultural interactions that were established from the transcontinental connection of people across the Atlantic and the dynamic changes that followed.
The beginning of Brazil’s footballing greatness has its roots in the cross-cultural interactions within the Atlantic world. According to Jerry Bentley, trade, mass migration, and empire building are key categories within the process of cross-cultural interaction. Cross-cultural interaction beyond the South American continent did not occur until 1500. Prior to 1500, native Brazilians were traditionally mostly semi-nomadic tribes who subsisted on hunting, fishing, gathering, and migrant agriculture. Many of the estimated 2,000 nations and tribes that existed in 1500 died out as a consequence of the European settlement. In 1500 Pedro Alvares Cabral sailed by accident to Brazil. After 1500, an influx of new people, Europeans and Africans, arrived. Europeans, Africans, and indigenous people provided the right mixture to create chan...
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Brazil is not only one of the fastest growing economic markets in the world but it also has a very rich history of sport. Soccer has dominated the country as the most popular sport by a long shot. So much so that many businesses shut down operations hours before national matches in order for their employees to prepare for their team’s game(Brazil.org). Other sports that are popular in Brazil are martial arts, footvolley (a combination of soccer and volleyball), tennis, basketball, motorsport, volleyball, and rugby. Brazilians are hungry for sports. In the summer of 2014, the FIFA World Cup will be held in Brazil, the second time ever hosting the tournament.
Brazil, the largest country on the continent of South America, has historically been seen as the underdog socially, politically, and especially economically. Referred to as “the country of the future… and always will be” by many Brazilians and those who know the country best, the country has not always been a beacon of hope for Latin America as it is today (Weyland, pg 64). Brazil has many unique qualities when compared to many of its Latin American counterparts. While much of Latin America has wrestled with its Spanish colonial past, Brazil has been much more diplomatic and tolerant of its Portuguese colonial past. With such a vast amount of natural resources and territory, Brazil has had the advantage of being relatively self-sufficient when it needed to, but also being able to develop into one of the busiest and prosperous trading nations in Latin America. With frequent political transitions throughout its 500 year history, and experiencing periods of oppression and totalitarianism, Brazil has managed to overcome and move past the scars of its dictatorial past. This is in part due to its fortunate avoidance of ruthless and violent dictators in the style of Pinochet in Chile, Peron in Argentina, Castro in Cuba, and Fujimori in Peru, just to name a few. In this research paper, I will briefly describe an overview of Brazil’s present political circumstances while also touching on a few key factors that have aided its development, in addition to in-depth analyses of the country’s history through three main phases. I will also make philosophical connections to explain and put into proper perspective the events that have shaped Brazil into the country it is today.
Brazil is known for the beautiful scenery and its Carnival. It’s also known for its great athletic achievements throughout history. Soccer, also known as “futebol” the national sport, is played by almost every little boy and girl in the streets of their hometowns. Some young children blossom into the great players that Brazil has had play for either the Men’s or Women’s National Teams, and some grow up to be crazy supporters.Brazilian football, unlike any other cultural interpretation of an individual sport, has the ability to conjure up one’s mind an essence of mystery, of carnival, of rhythm, of unadulterated joy and freedom. (Mann, 2013) Over time Brazil has had it’s up and downs while playing the sport in the country, but that’s what makes the history of the game so unique. The team has had many achievements over the years, including winning the World Cup five times. There are players who have been recognized for making a difference on the team, or in the games. Soccer is the national sport, and the turnouts for each game at the famous Maracana soccer stadium, also known as the world’s largest, are tremendously huge. Seats are full, faces are painted, supporters are screaming, the vuvuzelas or “horns” blaring, and the crowd is going crazy. Things can get a little hectic though. Some brazilian citizens take soccer way too seriously and go to drastic measures to extract revenge. The history of soccer in Brazil is one of rich beginnings. This includes how the game even made an appearance in the country from the English version, and the man who brought it. The players are a rich part of the history also. From players like Pelé and Ronaldo, to more current but still historic players like Marta and Neymar. The leagues have a rich ...
You probably heard of Brazil but, do you know much about it? Brazil is a beautiful place or country, in South America. It’s great for tourists’ sites; it has amazing land features, and especially cool culture and history. Brazil has a tremendous amount of nature and folktale. Brazil was found actually, over 8,000 years ago. The Portuguese were the first European settlers to arrive there. The journey was led by Pedro Cabral who began in the 1500s. When they finally got there they found Native Americans living there. They were around the seven millions.
Games similar to soccer were played in China as early as 400 B.C. In 200 A.D. the Romans played a game in which 2 teams tried to score by advancing the ball across a line on a field, which means no soccer goals. They passed the ball to one another, but not by kicking it. Also in the 1100's, London children played a form of soccer (World Book Encyclopedia, S p.73).
Brazil is a country that was discovered in 1500, which ended up being claimed by the Portuguese navigator known as Pedro Alvares Cabral. It was also rule from Lisbon as a colony until 1808. In its first forty years of its republican history. When the country began to export gold to Portugal the region began to welcome people known as fortune hunters from all over, boatloads of people carpenters, stonemasons ,and sculptors. They all came from Europe to build cities in the Brazilian word. In 1763 , the countries capital was moved to Rio de janeiro, which was created for political and administrative reasons. When the company moved the capital it ended up starving successfully by other European nations. It added cotton and tobacco to sugar, gold
Soccer has a important place in the history of several countries. It is the most popular sport in the world. I will be exploring soccer’s place in American history and how it has been growing in America throughout the years. I will explore how soccer got to America and how it has spread across the nation. These questions and more will be answered as I explore soccer in America.
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Despites Brazil beautiful rainforest and amazing beaches, deep down in the Latin America country there is a bigger beauty. From art to music to its festivals Brazil’s culture is one of a kind.
Federative Republic of Brazil, Brazil, is the fifth largest country in the world, both by geographical area and population. It is also the largest country in South America, bounded by Atlantic Ocean on the east. Brazil has a coastline of about 7,500 km and shares a border with almost every country in South America and covers half the continent. Brazil has an extensive river systems, with eight major drainage basins, all of which drain into the Atlantic Ocean. Two of these basins--the Amazon and Tocantins-Araguaia--account for more than half the total drainage area. The largest river in Brazil is the Amazon, which originates in the Andes and its tributaries covers 45.7 percent of the country, principally the north and west. Despite its large territorial region, population is mostly concentrated in few urban cities of its coast, like Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo Salvador and João Pessoa. The interior region of the Brazil is mostly covered by rainforest basin of Amazon which remains sparsely settled.
Goldblatt, David. 2008. The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer. New York, NY: Penguin Group.
Soccer Soccer is a great sport that has influenced nations. The. Millions gather to watch skilled athletes. compete in a game of soccer. It is an international sport, so popular that physical education programs have soccer integrated into their plans.
In 1994, a thin and toothy boy conquered Brazil and comparisons with Pelé were inevitable. At age 17, he wore the Brazilian senior national team jersey for the first time against Argentina. In the next game, he scored the first goal against Iceland. And after only two games he was called to dispute the World Cup. The story of the meteoric rise of a poor boy who grew up in a simple house in the suburb of Bento Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro, was beginning to be written.
For my paper I am going to examine how football (soccer) evolved from a small community setting in England to become the world’s largest sport played by millions across the planet. Firstly, I am going to look at how the sport spread across England by diffusion. Second, I’m going to analyze football’s worldwide diffusion geographically to find out at what speed the sport spread and how it was picked up by other nations around the world. Most studies have shown that it took around 40 years for football to become popular nationally as well as regionally; and that it spread spatially from east to west before it spread north to south. One of the main ideas for why it caught on so strongly around the world is its flexibility, equality, its strive to achieve common ideas of teamwork, and the simplicity of the game. Another key factor that I will be looking at is globalization, this has accounted immensely for the
Brazil is the largest country in both South America and the Latin American region. It is world’s fifth largest country. It is the largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world. It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and occupies 47.3% of the continent of South America. Brazil was inhabited by numerous tribal nations prior to the landing of traveler Pedro Alvares Cabral in 1500. Brazil current Constitution formulated in 1988, defines it as a federal republic. The word “brazil” comes from brazilwood, a tree that once grew plentifully along the Brazilian coast. Before the arrival of Europeans, the boundaries between these groups and their subgroups were marked by wars that arose from difference in culture, language