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The Spanish Empire ruled over 20 million kilometors of the earth. It lasted over 5 centeries. It was the longest ruling empire of them all. Spain was created by the Empire, rather than the Empire being created by Spain.
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Christopher Columbus, together with the brothers Martin and Vicente Pinznn, sails west from Palos in Spain. After sailing for five weeks from the Canaries, Columbus and the Pinzon brothers step ashore in the Bahamas.
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The War of the Spanish Succession breaks out between French and Austrian claimants to the Spanish throne.
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he Battle of Santiago de Cuba, fought between Spain and the United States on July 3, 1898, was the largest fight on the sea of the Spanish-American War.
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By the year 1900 Spain had also lost its colonies in the Caribbean and Pacific, and it was left with only its African places.
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After the death of Queen Isabella, Ferdinand, as Spain's sole monarch, adopted a more aggressive policy than he had as Isabella's husband, enlarging Spain's sphere of influence in Italy and against France.
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While war did have a major effect on Spain, its fall was truly because of inflation. After Spain flooded the world market with silver, the price, naturally, dropped considerably. As most Spanish money was made of silver, their use was tied to that of silver, so the cheaper silver was, the less the Spanish pieces of eight were worth. Spain also rarely changed the tax levels during this time, so they started earning less and less income, but they still spent the same amount.
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Diego Velázquezm took Cuba! Juan Ponce de León conqured Puerto Rico.
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When the spanish came to amercia they gave alot of first nations diseases that they brought. the first nations hat didnt become sick became slaves.
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During the 15th century, Castile and Portugal became territorial and commercial rivals in the Atlantic western zone.
