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2、ty,NewYorkexertsasignificantimpactuponcommerce,finance,media,art,fashion,research,technology,education,andentertainment.HistoryHistoryThehistoryofNewYorkbeginsaround10000BC,whenthefirstNativeAmericansarrived.By1100AD,NewYork'smaintribes,theIroquoian(易洛魁)andAlgo
3、nquian(阿尔冈琴)cultures,haddeveloped.NewYorkwasdiscoveredbytheFrenchin1524andfirstclaimedin1609bytheDutch(荷兰).AspartofNewNetherland(新尼德兰),thecolonywasimportantinthefurtradeandeventuallybecameanagriculturalresourcethankstothepatroonsystem.HistoryHistoryFollowingape
4、riodofnear–bankruptcy,thecitybecameamediacapitaloverthesecondhalfofthe20thcentury,hostingmostnationalnewschannelsandbroadcasts,aswellasglobally–renownednationalnewspapers.Thestate'smanufacturingbaseerodedovertheperiod,asthestatetransitionedintoserviceindustries
5、.TourisminNewYorkManydistrictsandlandmarks(地标)inNewYorkCityhavebecomewellknowntoitsapproximately50millionannualvisitorsTimesSquare(时代广场)iconifiedas"TheCrossroadsoftheWorld"LowerManhattan(曼哈顿),theworld'slargeststockexchangebytotalmarketcapitalizationofitslistedc
6、ompanies.theStatueofLibertystatueisasymboloffriendshipbetweenthepeopleofU.S.andFrance,alwaysexpressingtheAmericanpeoplefordemocracy,longingforthenobleidealsoffreedomclutureNewYorkCityhasbeendescribedastheculturalcapitaloftheworld.Thecityisthebirthplaceofmanycul
7、turalmovements,includinghiphop,punk(朋克),salsa(萨尔萨舞曲),discoandJazzinmusic.PattiSmith–”PunkFemalepoet”wyntonmarsalis---“theearlyadvocatorofJAZZ”.NewYorkCityhasbeenconsideredthedancecapitaloftheworld。Thecityisalsowidelycelebratedinpopularlore,featuredfrequentlyast
8、hesettingforbooks,movies(seeNewYorkinfilm),televisionprograms,etc.NewYorkFilmFestivaltheBroadwaytheaterFamouspeopleFranklinDelanoRoosevelt(January30,1882 –April12,1945),wast