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		1492 Exhibit ^Votes:0 1492 Exhibit Welcome to 1492: AN ONGOING VOYAGE an Exhibit of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC 1492. Columbus. The date and the name provoke many questions related to the linking of very different parts of the world, the Western Hemisphere and the Mediterranean. What was life like in those areas before 1492? What spurred European expansion? How did European, African and American peoples react to each other? What were some of the immediate results of these contacts? 1492: AN ONGOING VOYAGE addresses such questions by examining the rich mixture of societies coexisting in five areas of this hemisphere before European arrival. It then surveys the polyglot Mediterranean world at a dynamic turning point in its development. The exhibition examines the first sustained contacts between Ameri Read More Go to Site


		::Phillip II of Spain:: ^Votes:0 Phillip II of Spain Online College and University Degree Guide History Learning Site > Phillip II of Spain scroll down to access all topics covered Philip II - a pen portrait Philip His inheritance The government of Spain Philip and the Catholic Church Philip's foreign policy The Revolt of the Moriscos The Revolt of Aragon The economic problems of Spain 1588 to 1598 - the decade of crisis What did Philip III inherit in 1598 ? Philip III and Spain's economic problems Phillip II - the man Philip II of Spain - a timeline Charles V Spain Phillip II and Government Phillip and Religion Foreign Policy The Revolt of the Moriscos The Revolt of Aragon The economic problems of Spain 1588 to 1598: a decade of crisis Economy under Phillip III Philip III History Learning Site > Phillip II of Spain Searc Read More Go to Site

		FOCUS on SPAIN ^Votes:0 SPAIN Open Air Museum of Europe S pain has always been a country of frontiers, and this is the source of her true wealth. For this reason Spain is a country with a great heritage to maintain; the remains of its many different identities throughout its rich history. This historically rich heritage and its current national identity creates the echoes of countless conquests in the voices of its ethnically and geographically diverse regions. Although Spain is one of the oldest nation-states in Europe, this ethnically diverse society has many cultures and languages living side by side. I n the name of national unity, Franco allowed only Castilian to be spoken in public. But at home native speakers nurtured the Galician, Basque and Catalan languages, which, along with various Spanish dialects, s Read More Go to Site

		History of Spain ^Votes:0 Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Free Travel Cheap Tickets Auction Newsletter Immigration Affiliate Make Money Spain HISTORY The Iberian Peninsula has been occupied for many millennia. Some of Europe's most impressive Paleolithic cultural sites are located there-the famous caves at Altamira contain spectacular paintings which date from about 15,000-25,000 years ago. The Basques are the first identifiable people of the peninsula and are the oldest surviving group in Europe. Iberians arrived from North Africa during a more recent period. Beginning in the ninth century BC, Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, and Celts entered the Iberian Peninsula, followed by the Romans, who arrived in the second century BC. Spain's present language, religion, and laws stem fro Read More Go to Site

		Letters of Philip II, King of Spain, 1592 - 1597 ^Votes:0 Description of the Collection and its Historical Context A Note on the English Summaries, Transcription Method and Marking Letters by Year: 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1578 Sample from the De Vargas Collection [Letters & royal licences from the years prior to the defeat of the Spanish Armada: also available in BYU Special Collections] Read More Go to Site

		Medieval Dates ^Votes:0 Some Important Dates in Medieval Spanish History Return to Main Menu 5th Century, CE Spain ceases to be a part of the Roman Empire (which splits in two with its better, richer half moving its capital east to Constantinople) and experiences a series of invasions by the Vandals, Suevi, and Alani, and then is dominated by Visigothic rule. It must be noted that the Visigoths never achieved cultural dominion over the region. To a large extent they adopted that of the Hispano-Romans, composing their official documents in Latin and eventually accepting Christianity as the official faith of their Empire of Toledo, which stretched from Asturias to Morocco. 406 The decline of the Roman Empire in Spain marks a period of invasions by Germanic tribes such as the Suevi, Vandals and Alani. Though the Rom Read More Go to Site

		The Other 1492 ^Votes:0 THE OTHER 1492 Greg Noakes Click here to proceed Read More Go to Site

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