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standing with the queen. In Spain, a new federal power was beginning to drive the Moors out of the Iberian Peninsula and this would increase the availability of resources to the monarchs on this land. This involved the king and it pushed him towards sponsoring Columbus because he was so familiar with the land. They soon agreed with all of Columbus’ claims and sponsored his voyage in search of a water route from Europe to the East Indies. Columbus was foreign to the country of Spain, so this leaves people

sail west. At the time people believed that the world was flat and if you sailed out of the sight of land you would fall of the earth. He also proposed that the world was round this thinking could get him killed or sent to prison for being a heretic. Spain was very desperate to find a trade route to Asia. They could go through the middle east but they would have to pay high prices and hire people for protection. In doing this they could not make any money and only the rich could buy the luxury's of Asian

Spanish Civil War: Overview and Detailed Study Part 1: During the 1930s, Spain was undergoing a lot of social, political, and economic turmoil that eventually launched it into civil war. While Spain was once one of the strongest powers in Europe, its strength had been declining in the decades before the war, as its people and government became more and more divided. In 1923, Spain underwent a military coup and General Primo de Rivera overtook the government. This was one of the major causes of the

Spanish. It's the third largest nation that speaks English in the world. The country is divided into three main areas: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. It has 17 regions, 122 cities, and 42,025 barangays. The Philippines were colonized by three countries Spain, America, and Japan. America colonized the Philippines, because they wanted to become an empire, and to expand more. They wanted to expand to have more lands, power, resources, more production, and especially more money. Also the USA didn't want lose

Africa. Columbus lived a majority of his life in Spain, so when it came to setting sail for the west, Spain was one of the first nations he asked for funding. Though it took Columbus a little more than a few years to convince a nation to fund his voyage, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand from Spain subsequently granted to endow him in 1492. He would then leave for “Asia” on August 3, 1492. There are many unanswered questions and thoughts on why Spain decided to finally fund Columbus’ voyage, especially

“The Australian Constitution was drafted at a series of constitutional conventions held in the 1890s. It was passed by the British Parliament as part of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 and took effect on 1 January 1901. The Constitution is the legal framework for how Australia is governed and it can only be changed by referendum.” “A constitution is a set of rules by which a country or state is run.” Some countries have unwritten constitutions which means there is no formal constitution

different questions: do they believe that there are differences about sexual and reproductive health issues between what they lived in their countries and Spain?; are they having different behaviors in Spain than in their origin countries and, if so, which ones?; and finally, what do they perceived about sexual health services and access in Spain? Regular Latin American immigrant's sexuality in Europe has been rarely addressed by researchers. Even the known importance of irregular migration sexuality

Venezuela Capital: Caracas Continent: South America Issue: In Venezuela, the United Socialist Party (PSUV) has been in the power 18 years first with Chavez and them with Maduro, both elected by democratic elections. Now the country is divided into two significant groups Chavistas, people who support socialism and the actual president, and opposition, people anti-government and believe the corruption of the actual president. With this, the country is immersed in extreme violence, constants violations

or face expulsion from Spain Those who converted were called conversos or marranos, and many of them converted publicly, but continued practicing Judaism, this latter group being called crypto-Jews (Marcus 51, Pérez and Hochroth). At the time that Jews were being expelled from Spain, King John II of Portugal, seeing an economic opportunity, offered Jews asylum in return for one ducat (gold or silver coin) and one-fourth of the wealth they carried into the country from Spain (Marcus 53). It’s estimated

The revolutions that occurred in France and Spain were in different time periods and sought to change their country in different ways. Despite this, there are many parallels in the ideologies and histories of their revolutionary leaders. Looking at this, one might ask how the backgrounds and styles of the leaders affected the outcome of each revolution? Napoleon Bonaparte of the French Revolution (hereafter Napoleon) and Francisco Franco of the Spanish Civil War (hereafter Franco) came from similar