“The world’s most successful empires have been engineers’ creations.” This assertion, made by Felipe Fernández-Armesto and Manuel Lucena Giraldo in “How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400-Year ...
THE RIGHT OF EVERY CITIZEN TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITHOUT FEAR. THE REASONING FOR SUCH EMOTIONAL RESPONSES FROM RESIDENTS IS BECAUSE OF THE MAN THE STATUE REPRESENTS. JUAN DEL NORTE WAS A CONQUISTADOR ...
Then a couple of pro gamers started to regularly win tournaments with them. Other pro players followed suit. What was the key to their success? They had figured out the Spanish Empire. Once understood ...
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Spanish Empire’s Rise and Fall

The Spanish Empire rose in the late 15th century after the unification of Castile and Aragon and the voyages of Christopher Columbus, which opened vast territories in the Americas. Fueled by silver ...
Spanish colonial rule divided Mexico with a class system that still affects society today. The Spanish Conquest laid the ground for 300 years of colonial rule which made Spain the richest country in ...
Shortly after the Spanish Crown began its expansionary project in the Indies, Vitoria wrote his 1532 De Iure Belli, rejecting the notion that either the emperor or the pope was the master of the world ...
A dialect from the state’s earliest Spanish-speaking settlers has endured for over 400 years in the state’s remote mountain villages. But its time may be running out. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring ...
Ancestral hero or anti-Spain propaganda? The new Dark Knight is named Yohualli Coatl and battles a Hernán Cortés turned Two-Face in the movie 'Aztec Batman', whose trailer has stirred passions for its ...
For years, the image of Colombia as an incubator for violence and drugs kept a New York City pianist, Hector Martignon, and his wife, Amparo Barron, a college professor, from buying the home they ...
EXCLUSIVE: London’s Blackbox Media and Latin American firm EO Media have paired up to develop a drama series based on a novel about the origins of famed Spanish video game company Dinamic Software.