tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post1148868793310619599..comments2024-03-11T05:03:14.020-07:00Comments on Ernie's Place: More MoorErnie Branscombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-24789380107530295832009-11-08T21:02:20.413-08:002009-11-08T21:02:20.413-08:00Sierra means "saw" in Spanish. It's ...<i>Sierra</i> means "saw" in Spanish. It's applied to mountain ranges because they are jagged and resemble teeth in a blade.<br /><br /><i>Los Reyes Católicos,</i> Ferdinand and Isabela, were turned into virtual saints by the Spanish church in later years, as was Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (El Cid), but modern histories are much more interesting if less celebratory.<br /><br />Ferdinand and Isabela ejected all of the Jews and Muslims just as the New World was discovered. As the ships began to arrive laden with gold, they were baffled by the pernicious effects of inflation, but they had expelled all of the trained economists, and no quantity of gold and silver could save them from their own ignorance.Joel Mielkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087883565896070720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-64028156412417494612009-11-01T11:55:04.573-08:002009-11-01T11:55:04.573-08:00I want y'all to know I find this history fasin...I want y'all to know I find this history fasinating. I throw in little blips now and then but that's the way I are. I would never look up the history Ernie posts here but I read every word that he post's and enjoy it. Makes me wonder where we are headed these days.<br /><br />OregonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-20608797843449023892009-10-30T20:32:42.608-07:002009-10-30T20:32:42.608-07:00You realized, of course, that there is a Sierra Ne...You realized, of course, that there is a Sierra Nevada Mountain range in Spain, Didn't you?<br /><br />Sierra Nevada means "snowy Mountain".<br />The California Mountain range was named by the early Spaniards.Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.com