first of Spain. I am the daughter of King John the second of Castille and Isabella of Portugal‚ I am also married Ferdinand of Aragon.When I was thirteen I lived in the royal court. When King Henry died my husband and I became rulers and united Spain. I am very intelligent but my education was limited because of my gender. I did not think it was fair that I had a limited education‚ so I began to study Latin when I became thirty years old. During my reign artists from Spain and Belgium
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the time were Spain‚ Portugal‚ Japan‚ and others. Also in the countries the governing body of them had their way or the highway they did not care what had to be done or who had to be killed. If the ruler of a certain country did not like something they did not care what had to be done to stop it. Powerful countries at the time such as Spain and Portugal only cared about power and one word that sums them up is greed. During the sixteenth‚ seventeenth‚ and eighteenth century Spain was one of the
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referred to as “Loyalist” and they supported the standing government in control. 3The Nationalist side also referred to as the “Rebels” supported a “New Spain”.4These two sides were separated‚ most of the northern and western parts of Spain were considered the Nationalist‚ with the exception of Basque Country‚ where the southern and eastern parts of Spain were considered the Republican side‚ with a few exceptions like‚ Granada‚ Malaga‚ Cordoba‚ and Sevilla.5 But‚ if it wasn’t for the assistance and the
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Economist online [pic]Source: European Commission THE euro crisis flared up in early April after three months of relative calm as banks got a trillion-euro helping hand from the European Central Bank. Spanish bond yields jumped on fears that Spain – the fourth biggest economy in the euro area - might be forced to follow much smaller Greece‚ Ireland and Portugal in being bailed-out by the rest of the euro area and the IMF. Our interactive graphic (updated May 10th 2012) lays bare the economic
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left behind 500‚000 people dead and a country that had been damaged and internally divided. Francisco Franco‚ a Nationalist general‚ took control of Spain and was named “Caudillo de España”. He then ruled Spain through an authoritarian dictatorship. Franco was a careful and systematic leader‚ and his main goal after the war was to reconstruct Spain and make the nation powerful again. He was convinced that he could inaugurate a new era in Spanish History‚ one that would not only transform politics
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characteristics of the land‚ and return to Spain with what he discovered. The discoveries led to Spain settling in the New World and South America. Since Spain began to claim land‚ which increased their nation economically by sending products from the foreign land to their native country‚ Portugal‚ England‚ and France began to
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organisation. It is always good to have a great understanding of the current scenario of the impulsive market‚ which will provide a support for us to plan well and take proper decisions. Target countries for export: South Korea Japan Italy Spain South Korea: South Korea is a developed country with a high per-capita income economy and is considered to be one of the most industrialised member countries in the OECD. (http://en.wikipedia.org‚ 2015) . The country’s economy was one of the
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Maya Deschenes December 9‚ 2012 WH II – Honors Catalonia Paragraphs Currently‚ the state of Catalonia is trying to gain independence from Spain. Their nationalism is the main factor in what enables them to bond together and rebel. But their nationalism is driven by two important factors. One is that Spain has little respect for the Catalan language and culture1. The Spanish nationalists have been attacking the bilingual Catalan community for years and the Catalans have become fed up. However‚ very
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of control there until 1492. Two f the world’s great religions‚ Islam and Christianity‚ have dominated the history of Spain‚ and much Spanish history is the record of their violent struggles against each other. Spanish art combines both influences. It all began with work done by the Moors‚ mostly in southern Spain‚ after their arrival from North Africa in 711. Moorish design in Spain shared many of the characteristics we saw in Islamic design‚ but it was naturally influenced by its Spanish setting
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Inquisition was a movement begun in 1478 by the Spanish monarchs of the time: King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. It was meant to seek out non-catholics in Spain‚ because Ferdidand and Isabella wanted religious‚ and subsequently political unity in their country. Their first goal to begin the Inquisition was to appoint inquisitors over each region throughout Spain‚ to figure out who was Catholic‚ and who was not. In 1478‚ Ferdinand and Isabella received the reluctant permission of Pope Sixtus IV to appoint inquisitors
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