Houston is largely located within the Northern Humid Gulf Coast Prairies level IV ecoregion (34a) a subset of the Western Gulf coastal grasslands level III region as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency This region is generally underlaid by Quaternary-aged sand silts and clays (clay clay loam or sandy clay loam) and covered by grasslands with occasional clusters of oak trees. Corporate involvement in culture In 1578 the Saadi sultan Ahmad al-Mansur contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I defeated Portugal at the Battle of Ksar El Kebir beating the young king Sebastian I a devout Christian who believed in the crusade to defeat Islam Portugal had landed in North Africa after Abu Abdallah asked him to help recover the Saadian throne Abu Abdallah's uncle Abd Al-Malik had taken it from Abu Abdallah with Ottoman Empire support the defeat of Abu Abdallah and the death of Portugal's king led to the end of the Portuguese Aviz dynasty and later to the integration of Portugal and its empire at the Iberian Union for 60 years under Sebastian's uncle Philip II of Spain Philip was married to his relative Mary I cousin of his father due to this Philip was King of England and Ireland in a dynastic union with Spain, In 2006 the Houston metropolitan area ranked first in Texas and third in the U.S within the category of "Best Places for Business and Careers" by Forbes magazine. Ninety-one foreign governments have established consular offices in Houston's metropolitan area the third-highest in the nation. Forty foreign governments maintain trade and commercial offices here with 23 active foreign chambers of commerce and trade associations. Twenty-five foreign banks representing 13 nations operate in Houston providing financial assistance to the international community. Houston Texas Business Directory This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. . Contents An aerial view of the Astrodome in 1999, Greyhound Bus Lines operates various stations throughout Harris County, Civil war monument in Galveston Texas This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. .
. . Literature On October 15 1986 the Astros and the visiting New York Mets played Game 6 of the 1986 NLCS the 16-inning contest was at the time the longest game in MLB post season history the Mets would take a 7-4 lead into the bottom of the 16th inning and hold on for a 7-6 victory over the Astros Ironically the record was broken in Houston 19 years later at Minute Maid Park during the 2005 NLDS when the Astros won an 18-inning game against the Atlanta Braves, 2 ConocoPhillips 4 Chinese civilians being buried alive by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Nanking Massacre December 1937.
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