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During the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthago Carthaginians invaded Spain and conquered large parts of it.
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Muslim forces invaded and conquered the Iberian Peninsula in seven years. It became one of the Muslim civilizations. Muslims lost rule after that and ended in 1492 when Granada was taken.
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The great Aztecs and Incas had many problems in the sixteenth century. But their troubles became much worse when the first Spanish explorers came In 1519, Hernando Cortés landed on the Gulf of Mexico with 600 men, and a bunch of horses and guns.
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Don Quixote, a novel published in two parts (Part I, 1605; Part 2, 1615) by Miguel de Cervantes, one of the most read books of Western literature.
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Napoleon was exhiled to two islands. First, in 1814, he was banned to Elba, an island right in front of the coast of Italy. Then, in 1815 after a short return to power, he was exhiled to St Helena, an island near South Africa.
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The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international event celebrated in Barcelona, Spain, 1992. These games were the first without boycotts since 1972.
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On January 1, 1999, the European Union made its new currency, the euro. Originally, the euro was an overall currency used for money between countries while people within the countries continued to use their own currencies. Over three years, however, the euro was promoted to an everyday currency and replaced the original currencies of many other states.
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In 2004, on a train in Madrid, there was a terrorist bombing. There were many bombs and they killed many people, and the aftermath was awful. 21 months after the incident, a man named Jamal Zougam was found guilty of commiting the crime.
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Spanair Flight was a flight that crashed just after take off. It was the first and only fatal accident for Spanair in the history of the company.
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Spain was victorious in the FIFA tournament, which is basicly a huge soccer competition for all of the major teams. South Africa 2010 was a surprising tournament but Spain overcame their loss to Switzerland to win their other six games, the last four all with the scores 1-0.
