1. The Spanish Empire comprised territories and colonies administered by the Spanish Crown in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceanic.
2. It originated during the Age of Exploration and they are the first global empires.
3. Under the Spanish Habsburgs, Spain reached the peak of its political and economic power when its empire became the foremost global power.
4. In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, the Spanish Empire's establishment in the 15th century ushered in the modern global era and the rise of European dominance in global affairs.
5. Spain's territorial reach beyond Europe spanned five centuries, from the first voyages to the Americas in 1492 until the loss of its last African colonies in 1975.
6. Under the Treaties of Utrecht, the European powers decided what the fate of spain would be, in terms of the continental balance of power.
7. The new Bourdon king Philip V retired the Spanish overseas empire, but ceded the Spanish Netherlands, Naples, Milan, and Sardinia to Austria; Sicily and parts of milan to Duchy of Savory; and Gibraltar and Minorca to the Kingdom of the Great Britain.
8. Moreover, Philip V granted the British the exclusive right to slave trading in Spanish America for thirty years, the so-called asiento, as well as licensed voyages to ports in Spanish colonial dominions, openings, as Fernand Braudel remarked, for both licit and illicit smuggling.
9. Spain's economic and demorgraphic recovery had begun slowly in the last decades of the Habsburg reign, as was evident from the growth of its trading convoys and much more rapid growth of illicit trade during the period, through this growth was slower than inits northern rival who had gained increasing illicit access to its empire's markets.
10. Critically, this recovery was not translated into institutional improvement because of the imcomplete leadership of the unfortunate last Habsburg.
2. It originated during the Age of Exploration and they are the first global empires.
3. Under the Spanish Habsburgs, Spain reached the peak of its political and economic power when its empire became the foremost global power.
4. In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, the Spanish Empire's establishment in the 15th century ushered in the modern global era and the rise of European dominance in global affairs.
5. Spain's territorial reach beyond Europe spanned five centuries, from the first voyages to the Americas in 1492 until the loss of its last African colonies in 1975.
6. Under the Treaties of Utrecht, the European powers decided what the fate of spain would be, in terms of the continental balance of power.
7. The new Bourdon king Philip V retired the Spanish overseas empire, but ceded the Spanish Netherlands, Naples, Milan, and Sardinia to Austria; Sicily and parts of milan to Duchy of Savory; and Gibraltar and Minorca to the Kingdom of the Great Britain.
8. Moreover, Philip V granted the British the exclusive right to slave trading in Spanish America for thirty years, the so-called asiento, as well as licensed voyages to ports in Spanish colonial dominions, openings, as Fernand Braudel remarked, for both licit and illicit smuggling.
9. Spain's economic and demorgraphic recovery had begun slowly in the last decades of the Habsburg reign, as was evident from the growth of its trading convoys and much more rapid growth of illicit trade during the period, through this growth was slower than inits northern rival who had gained increasing illicit access to its empire's markets.
10. Critically, this recovery was not translated into institutional improvement because of the imcomplete leadership of the unfortunate last Habsburg.