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The gold brought home from Guinea stimulated the commercial energy of the Portuguese and its European neighbours especially Spain Apart from their religious and scientific aspects these voyages of discovery were highly profitable. . Houston is highly regarded for its diverse food and restaurant culture Several major publications have consistently named Houston as one of "America's Best Food Cities", Geology 6.5 Commerce Bronze figure of a Portuguese soldier made by Benin culture in West Africa around 1600. Disease in the Americas Gregg County (121,730) Lakewood Church in Houston led by Pastor Joel Osteen is the largest church in the United States a megachurch it had 44,800 weekly attendees in 2010 up from 11,000 weekly in 2000. Since 2005 it has occupied the former Compaq Center sports stadium in September 2010 Outreach Magazine published a list of the 100 largest Christian churches in the United States and inside the list were the following Houston-area churches: Lakewood Second Baptist Church Houston Woodlands Church Church Without Walls and First Baptist Church. According to the list Houston and Dallas were tied as the second most popular city for megachurches. ! 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, Unlike the rest of the nation most of Texas is on its own alternating current power grid the Texas Interconnection Texas has a deregulated electric service Texas leads the nation in total net electricity production generating 437,236 MWh in 2014 89% more MWh than Florida which ranked second. As an independent nation Texas would rank as the world's eleventh-largest producer of electricity after South Korea and ahead of the United Kingdom. .

; 1890 27,557 66.9% 2.7 1970s and integration Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures for selected cities in Texas, Texas Corporation US hexavalent chromium - cancer, 1 Arts and theatre Houston's plan to host the 2012 Summer Olympics included renovating the Astrodome for use as a main stadium. Houston became one of the USOC's bid finalists but the organization chose New York City as its candidate city and the Games were ultimately awarded to London by the IOC. . Two more significant tributaries of Buffalo Bayou flow through parts of Houston outside the Interstate 610 loop Greens Bayou which originates in far northwest Houston near Willowbrook flows for 43 miles (69 km) through Greenspoint and undeveloped areas of northeastern Harris County Sims Bayou which has its source near Missouri City southwest of Houston flows for 23 miles (37 km) past Almeda Sunnyside South Park and Manchester, (107) 4.67 12 Sports 9 Further reading, 3 History 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). ! World War I homecoming parade (Main Street at Rusk Avenue), Transit Democrats regain control after Reconstruction. . China appealed to the League of Nations to stop the Japanese invasion of Manchuria Japan withdrew from the League of Nations after being condemned for its incursion into Manchuria the two nations then fought several battles in Shanghai Rehe and Hebei until the Tanggu Truce was signed in 1933 Thereafter Chinese volunteer forces continued the resistance to Japanese aggression in Manchuria and Chahar and Suiyuan. After the 1936 Xi'an Incident the Kuomintang and communist forces agreed on a ceasefire to present a united front to oppose Japan, Greater coat of arms of the United States.svg 3 Demographics Allies close in (1944) Texas A&M University.