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. Demographics 12.2 Ship design Bridgeland, 6.1 Military (21.8) 63.0 Tomball, Adherents of many other religions reside predominantly in the urban centers of Texas in 1990 the Islamic population was about 140,000 with more recent figures putting the current number of Muslims between 350,000 and 400,000 the Jewish population is around 128,000. Around 146,000 adherents of religions such as Hinduism and Sikhism live in Texas. It is the fifth-largest Muslim-populated state in the country. . The Germans who settled Texas were diverse in many ways They included peasant farmers and intellectuals; Protestants Catholics Jews and atheists; Prussians Saxons Hessians and Alsatians; abolitionists and slaveholders; farmers and townsfolk; frugal honest folk and ax murderers They differed in dialect customs and physical features a majority had been farmers in Germany and most arrived seeking economic opportunities a few dissident intellectuals fleeing the 1848 revolutions in Germany sought political freedom but few save perhaps the Wends went for religious freedom the German settlements in Texas reflected their diversity Even in the confined area of the Hill Country each valley offered a different kind of German the Llano valley had stern teetotaling German Methodists who renounced dancing and fraternal organizations; the Pedernales valley had fun-loving hardworking Lutherans and Catholics who enjoyed drinking and dancing; and the Guadalupe valley had atheist Germans descended from intellectual political refugees the scattered German ethnic islands were also diverse These small enclaves included Lindsay in Cooke County largely Westphalian Catholic; Waka in Ochiltree County Midwestern Mennonite; Hurnville in Clay County Russian German Baptist; and Lockett in Wilbarger County Wendish Lutheran, The Gulf Building now called the JPMorgan Chase building is an Art Deco skyscraper Completed in 1929 it remained the tallest building in Houston until 1963 when the Exxon Building surpassed it in height Designed by architects Alfred C Finn (designer of the San Jacinto Monument) Kenneth Franzheim and J.E.R Carpenter the building is seen as a realization of Eliel Saarinen's acclaimed second-place entry to the Chicago Tribune Tower competition Restoration of the building was started in 1989 in what is still considered one of the largest privately funded preservation projects in American history; ! Located near the Museum District are the Menil Collection Rothko Chapel and the Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, In December 1940 British Empire forces began counter-offensives against Italian forces in Egypt and Italian East Africa the offensives were highly successful; by early February 1941 Italy had lost control of eastern Libya and large numbers of Italian troops had been taken prisoner the Italian Navy also suffered significant defeats with the Royal Navy putting three Italian battleships out of commission by a carrier attack at Taranto and neutralising several more warships at the Battle of Cape Matapan. Speech patterns Diego de Ordaz (Venezuela 1532) The largest denominations by number of adherents in 2010 were the Roman Catholic Church (4,673,500); the Southern Baptist Convention (3,721,318); the United Methodist Church with (1,035,168); and Islam (421,972), 35 Calpine 349 Wildlife Conquistadors had overwhelming military advantages over the native peoples They belonged to a more militarily advanced civilization with better techniques tools firearms artillery iron steel and domesticated animals Horses and mules carried them pigs fed them and dogs fought for them the indigenous peoples had the advantage of established settlements determination to remain independent and large numerical superiority European diseases and divide and conquer tactics contributed to the defeat of the native populations.

. Main articles: Genocide the Holocaust Nazi concentration camps Extermination camp Forced labour under German rule during World War II Kidnapping of children by Nazi Germany and Nazi human experimentation. . In addition Houston has the Houston Public Library a city-controlled public library system, the Mississippian culture also known as Mound Builders which extended along the Mississippi River Valley east of Texas; and. . . . .