Fifty Stars of the Western Union: The Sunshine State

By Ellias Aghili Dehnavi, Sepideh Hekmat Shoar and Mahdi Amini

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, on the Gulf Coast. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With more than 21 million inhabitants in 2019, it is the third most populous state in the country after California and Texas. With an area of 170,451 km2, Florida ranks 22nd among the federated states. Its political capital is Tallahassee, but the most populous metropolitan area is Miami, which has a population of over 6.1 million (estimated in 2017).

• Language: English
• Publisher: tredition
• Release date: Aug 23, 2022
• ISBN: 9783347715356

Ellias Aghili Dehnavi

Born on the 28th of January, 1996 in a family who love art, literature and history. Ellias soon found his taste in literature and especially poetry. He wrote his first limerick when was 12 years old. Later on when he was 14, books like “the peace book by Todd Parr”, “let there be peace on earth: and let it begin with me by Jill Jackson and Sy Miller” , “What does peace feel like? By Vladimir Radunsky “helped him to get familiar with the essence of peace. Reading poems by Calude Mckay , Wendell Berry and Robert Frost in that age inspired him to start writing poems in a more serious way, sonnets of Shakespeare were also good sources of inspiration for him. So when he was 16, Ellias wrote the book called: “International Poems Collection” the book got the first provincial place in the most famous competition of inventions in Iran , “Kharazmi ” and the fifth place in the country competition, yet to be the only project of its kind. This book received confirmations from the University of Isfahan and now is being preserved in the ministry of science and research and technology. Next year, Ellias with the cooperation of two hardworking and creative friends, (Hosein Heidari and Hooman Danesh) wrote another poetry booked called: A Path to Salvation. This book also won Kharazmi awards. His Excellency, Dr. Zarif, wrote a thanks letter for Ellias for the book since it includes some nice and extraordinary elements of literature, humanity, peace and international relations. Other literary academicals project he’s worked on are: “Death of Sarah Black, Explosion of apartheid and the footstep of Apartheid in Vietnam”. Ellias is going to publish another poetry collection named “Peace Poems” in the close future. He’s currently the Director manager of M.O.P academy

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History of Floridas

Florida's earliest history dates back more than 12,000 years when the first Native Americans populated the area. It was discovered by the Spaniard Juan Ponce de León in 1513 and baptized. A challenge for the colonial powers, it successively passed under the sovereignty of Spain and Great Britain. It became a territory (1822) and then an American state (1845).

Florida in Prehistory

The Paleoamericans (Paleo-Indians) entered the current territory of Florida at least 12,000 years ago1,2,3, probably arriving from Asia, after crossing North America. Due to the large volume of water trapped in the ice during the Wisconsin glaciation, the sea level was then a hundred meters lower than today. As a result, the Florida peninsula was twice as large as it is today. Its climate was also drier and cooler, its natural environments were very different: there were few rivers and swamps, and the environment was semiarid. Now extinct megafauna populated the region: saber-toothed tigers, giant armadillos, camels, etc. Given the lack of drinking water, Native Americans lived near sinkholes and limestone basins. For example, the prehistoric site of Page-Ladson revealed to archaeologists Native American objects, including points from the Clovis culture.

The glaciers began to retreat around 8000 BC. under the effect of global warming which caused a rise in the average level of the seas. Florida's climate became warmer and wetter. These changes caused the emergence of new Native American cultures: this period, described as archaic by specialists, is characterized by gathering and fishing. One of the main archaeological sites is Windover Pond. The first communities settled near the coasts from 5000 BC. Around 3000 BC, at the end of the archaic period, the current environment of Florida was set up. The Native Americans were at the origin of the sambaquis, that is to say deposits of shells that undergo chemical fossilization by the rain. They built mounds like those of Horr's Island or Crystal River. Fired pottery made its appearance around 2000 BC. Archaic culture diversified around 500 BC. and gave birth to regional cultures. The peoples present in present-day northwest Florida were influenced by the Mississippi civilization, while those who lived to the south and east retained characteristics inherited from the Archaic period. Corn cultivation spread north of a line from Daytona Beach to Tampa Bay. It arrived in the south of the peninsula around the 5th century BC. The exchanges of products and food developed with the other people of the South-East of the current United