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Thought to be originally founded by the Carthaginians in the 3rd century BC, Barcelona is now the capital city of the autonomous community of Catalonia as well as the second most populous city in Spain. Around 200 BC the Romans defeated the Carthaginians and ruled Spain for the next 600 years. The north-east portion of the Iberian Peninsula was one of the first regions to fall under Roman control, and served as a major base for their future conquests. In fact, the center of the Roman city was located

Queen Isabella of Castile sponsored Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the west Indies; exiled or forced conversion on all of their Muslim Jewish subjects, and made Spain a world trading power while being along side her husband King Ferdinand. Queen Isabella's life before she married King Ferdinand Queen Isabella paid for Christopher Columbus to go to the West Indies. The crown agreed to pay a sum of the money as a concession from monarch to subject. Before Columbus went to Queen Isabella, he first

If you encounter a native of France or Spain, he will most likely speak French or Spanish, as the national language of his home country. However, a notable number of people speak a cultural language as well. The salience of these languages on the north vs. south side of the Pyrenees Mountains is substantial. Catalan, spoken in northeastern Spain and southeastern France, and Basque, a language isolate spoken in northern Spain and southwestern France, are minority languages. Both are distinct from

global exchanging of silver during the mid-16th and early 18th century's affected countries as Spain and China in economic aspects such as the growing economies due to the global trade of silver and the negative impact on both economies due to inflation and social aspects such as hierarchies and the devastation of ancient societies caused by the mita and encomienda systems The economies of China and Spain were drastically impacted by the silver trade. As seen in Document 1 the trading of silver extended

Christopher Columbus was an explorer, voyager, and navigator, with his first voyage in 1476. Columbus went on many expeditions to Africa, and he had a few African crew members on bard with him. In 1492, Columbus left Spain with the boat, Santa Maria, with Nina and Pinta at his side. Columbus was credited with discovering the Americas, and with colonizing it. Columbus went to sea as a teenager, and went on a lot of trading voyages, almost dying on one when his ship was attacked by French privateers

To study culture is to also study a people's means of communication—it is to investigate a group's way of life, to consider the thought processes behind the choices they make, and to realize the reasons and means by which they maintain their relationships. Communication and culture are inseparable due to the reality that one cannot exist without the other. This concept of acknowledging the connectedness of culture and communication is iterated in the Handbook of International and Intercultural Communication

of failed expedition to New World from Spain during 16th century. Unlike other members from the expedition, these four members found a way to live with native Indian tribes to survive. They were slaves of Indians and treated cruelly all the time. However, after long period of time of being slaves, they decided to make escape to Spanish territory. During their fugitive period, they had chance to help injured Indians. Their knowledge of certain medicine,

King Ferdinand ordered him to bring a small army to Puerto Rico to stop the native uprisings. He left Spain in 1515 with a small fleet. León finally put a stop to hostilities when he got the news that his great supporter, King Ferdinand, had passed away. he returned to Spain the collect his claims and titles. He stayed there for two years when he finally received assurances that his finances were secure he returned again to Puerto Rico

How far does the disaster of 1898 account for the growth of Catalan and Basque nationalism? The humiliating defeat of Spain to America during the Spanish-American War of 1898 dealt a catastrophic blow to the Spanish nation. In the subsequent Treaty of Paris signed on December 10th 1898, Spain relinquished its remaining colonial territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific. The disaster evoked heavy criticism of the Restoration government and its inherent corruption amongst many groups within Spanish

profit in return. In the 1400’s tension between countries would have been very high because of the demand of new land and the constant battle between countries to increase their reach over the world. Not to mention that the interest of the Crown of Spain to reach Asia through a different route than the Portuguese increased tensions across the countries of the world. After the fall of the Capital city of Rome, the European trade of spices was extremely affected.This is turn heighten the demand for an