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Human habitation in the southern portion of the Florida peninsula dates to 15,000 years ago Before European colonization the region was dominated by the native Calusa and Tequesta tribes With Spanish colonization both tribes declined gradually during the following two centuries the Seminole formed from mostly Creek people who had been warring to the North assimilated other peoples and created a new culture after being forced from northern Florida into the Everglades during the Seminole Wars of the early 19th century After adapting to the region they were able to resist removal by the United States Army. Geographical influences: There are many different geographic factors that affect international business These factors are: the geographical size the climatic challenges happening throughout the world the natural resources available on a specific territory the population distribution in a country etc, Other settlements within Miami's city limits were Lemon City (now Little Haiti) and Coconut Grove Settlements outside the city limits were Biscayne in present-day Miami Shores and Cutler in present-day Palmetto Bay Many of the settlers were homesteaders attracted to the area by offers of 160 acres (0.6 km2) of free land by the United States federal government, 10 See also 12.5 Bookstores Extent and data Presidential elections results. Tri-Rail fare zone boundary The story of Florida International University's founding began in 1943 when state Senator Ernest 'Cap' Graham (father of future Florida governor and U.S senator Bob Graham) presented the state legislature with the initial proposal for the establishment of a public university in South Florida While his bill did not pass Graham persisted in presenting his proposal to colleagues advising them of Miami's need for a state university He felt the establishment of a public university was necessary to serve the city's growing population. . . Biscayne Bay Campus 3.4% American The FIU Medical Library opened in August 2009 at the same time as the opening of the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine the Medical Library offers a rich array of resources services and instructional support to advance the teaching and learning discovery and healthcare programs of the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and is currently located on the third floor of Green Library building Future construction of buildings for the College of Medicine will include a new space for the Medical Library outside of Green Library based upon funding and space availability. Historically Florida's economy has been based primarily upon agricultural products such as cattle sugar cane citrus fruits tomatoes and strawberries, On June 27 2005 the popular ex-city commissioner Arthur Teele walked into the main lobby of the Miami Herald headquarters dropped off a package for columnist Jim DeFede and told the security guard to tell his wife Stephanie he "loved her" before pulling out a gun and committing suicide His suicide happened the day the alternative weekly Miami New Times published salacious details of Teele's alleged affairs including allegations that Teele had sex with a transsexual prostitute and used cocaine At the time Teele was being investigated by federal authorities for fraud and money laundering for allegedly taking $59,000 in kickbacks to help a businessman get millions of dollars in contracts at Miami International Airport Teele was suspended from his job in 2004 by Florida governor Jeb Bush after being arrested for trying to run a police officer off the road Teele was also charged in December 2004 with ten counts of unlawful compensation on charges he took $135,000 from TLMC Inc promising that it would be awarded lucrative contracts to redevelop neighborhoods in Miami Teele was also found guilty in March 2005 for threatening an undercover detective, The inhabitants at the time of first European contact were the Tequesta people who controlled much of southeastern Florida including what is now Miami-Dade County Broward County and the southern part of Palm Beach County the Tequesta Indians fished hunted and gathered the fruit and roots of plants for food but did not practice agriculture They buried the small bones of the deceased with the rest of the body and put the larger bones in a box for the village people to see the Tequesta are credited with making the Miami Circle; Main articles: PortMiami Tunnel and PortMiami Deep Dredge Project, A Miami-Dade police car Florida is mostly Christian although there is a large irreligious and relatively significant Jewish community Protestants account for almost half of the population but the Catholic Church is the largest single denomination in the state mainly due to its large Hispanic population and other groups like Haitians Protestants are very diverse although Baptists Methodists Pentecostals and nondenominational Protestants are the largest groups There is also a sizable Jewish community in South Florida This is the largest Jewish population in the southern U.S and the third-largest in the U.S behind those of New York and California.

! In the background were the well-publicized extensions of the Florida East Coast Railway first to West Palm Beach (1894) then Miami (1896) and finally Key West 1912 the Everglades were being drained creating new dry land Finally World War I cut off the rich from their seasons on the French Riviera so a part of the U.S with a Mediterranean climate had a lot of possibilities. (29.4) 88.6 Registered voters 1,441,187 52.18% Twenty-first century FIU currently has over 180,000 alumni around the world in more than 30 countries FIU graduates more than 10,000 students a year and confers more than half of all degrees awarded by universities in Miami Alumni services is run by the Florida International University Alumni Association which sponsors numerous alumni events galas and ceremonies annually.