for the Degree: Bachelor in Science of Business Administration By: Adham Robin July 2013 Table of Contents 1) Spains economic history Pre civil war Civil war Post civil war 2) Tourism‚ industry and agriculture 3) European Union 4) Housing Bubble 5) Overall competiveness of spains economy 6) EU intervention in Spain Summary This thesis will be structured the following way. In the first part‚ Spain’s economy
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Columbus‚ but not very many know Pizarro‚ and his true story of a good man...and a bad. Pizarro was born 1478 in Trujillo‚ Spain. Growing up‚ Pizarro was a “swine handler.” Which means he performed tricks with pigs. His parents were never married to each other. His father was a captain of infantry‚ and relatives of his mother raised him growing up. In 1502 Pizarro left Trujillo‚ Spain to live in Hispaniola‚ which is one of the well known bases in the World. “Then‚ in 1509‚ Pizarro left Hispaniola to take
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gap. Lastly‚ the failure of the monarchy where the king‚ Alfonso XIII‚ allowed General Primo de Rivera taking control of spain‚ who ruled it as a military dictator. Over half a million people were slain in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939. In 1920‚ Spain was a constitutional monarchy‚ with Alfonso XIII as the King. This being said‚ the government that governs Spain was considered as corrupt and useless. They even sent an army to stop the rebellion in 1921 that ended up as a massacre
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European debt crisis and ways European Union and other countries try to fix it. I The outlook of the European debt crisis. A PIIGS countries (Portugal‚ Italy‚ Ireland‚ Greece‚ Spain). 1 They have the highest and least sustainable debt in the EU. 2 EU members with stronger economies need to provide help to them. a) Countries like Germany and France offer bailout funds to PIIGS countries. b) It’s a form of a “payback” for how they benefitted from switching their currencies to €. II European
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Aragon; the two lined with equal authority and helped unify Spain. Their first act was to reduce the power of nobles and to increase the power of the crown. In 1480‚ the Inquisition in Spain came into effect. Basically‚ the inquisition states that if you are a Muslim or Jew who has converted to Christianity but were thought to be practicing your own religion‚ you were expelled in Spain. Soon‚ all of the Muslim’s and Jew’s were out of Spain‚ and the Muslim kingdom of Grenada fell to the royals
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traditionalist historians identify as the decline of Spain. To consider the golden age of Spain on a purely art and literature basis however misses the point‚ the Golden Age in all contexts appeared from the development of the Spanish Empire. On the European stage Spain appeared at the height of its “Golden Age” during the reign of Phillip II‚ Spain was the centre piece of the world’s greatest power controlled by the Hapsburg dynasty. Outwardly Spain was a religiously unified nation of great power‚ wealth
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focus on anything but the Spanish Civil War‚ Spain was traumatised by the effects of the war caused by Franco.During the 1960s the country used its location and beautiful scenery to create a low budget but beautiful set. ‘El Cid’ an epic made by Anthony Mann in Spain in 1961 during an attack. The 1962 ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ by David Mean was located in a dried-up river outside Almeria.
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languages. Spanish started as a native language dialect spoken in the Castilian region of Spain. After many years of conquest‚ exploration and forced conversion‚ the people in the region spread the language to a worldwide vernacular. The Spanish language belongs to the
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a. According to Garcilaso de la Vega‚ the ultimate beneficiaries of the riches were bankers and business men of other countries. 9) According to Garcilaso de la Vega‚ who were the ultimate beneficiaries of the riches that came to Spain from the New World? a. According to Garcilaso‚ Catholicism in the New world was different from the Old World‚ by starting to fill its calendars with new important holidays‚ documenting marriages‚ birthday‚ deaths‚ and even creating a new sense of time
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paying for its poorer neighbours‚ It is not a Germany‚ but Catalonia. And the Spanish regions politicians certainly don’t mind the comparison. Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain‚ with the official status of "nationality". Its capital and largest city Barcelona‚ which is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid. _______________________________________________________________________________ With one of the highest standards of living in Europe‚ Catalonia has a • population of more
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