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Spain
Spain is a developed country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. It is Western Europe’s second biggest country by area with 504,030 sq km. Its topography, history and rich cultural heritage attract tourists from all over the world.
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How was the Muslim Caliphate in Spain overthrown?
There were numerous Islamic Caliphates and Empires in Spanish history. The first was the Umayyad Caliphate, which ruled from Damascus from 711-750 CE and from Cordoba from 750-1038 CE when the last Caliph Hisham III died without a successor. From 800-1038 CE, the Umayyads slowly lost territory to the Christian northern kingdoms as a result of numerous wars.
With the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate, numerous smaller Taifa kingdoms arose in Islamic Spain and the Christian Kingdoms had an easier time conquering territory. This resulted in the Moroccan Almoravid and Almohad dyansties absorbing the Taifas and reclaiming territory for Islamic Spain. However, by the mid-12th century, the Almohad dynasty lost control of Spain and a second set of Taifas formed. By the end of the 13th century, the Christian Kingdoms had conquered all but one of the Taifa Kingdoms. The final Muslim kingdom in Spain was overthrown after a series of battles, when the Nasrid Kingdom surrendered Granada in 1492.
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How far is Toledo from Madrid?
83 kilometres following RADIAL R-5, from Madrid, to AP-41 to TOLEDO at SALIDA (EXIT) 15, and then taking AP-41 to Toledo.
What was the hierarchy of Spain's colonial empire in the western hemisphere?
The hierarchical model of the Spanish Colonial Empire was:
- Peninsulares -- Spaniards born in Spain
- Criollos / Creoles -- Spaniards born in Latin America
- Mestizos -- People of Mixed Spanish and Indigenous Latin American Heritage
- Indígenas / Native Indians -- People of Indigenous Latin American Heritage
- Negros y Mulatos / Blacks and Mulattos -- People of African Heritage or Mixed Heritage where part of the mixture is African.
What is a public square called in Spain?
A public square is a plaza; if there are several in a city, the plaza mayor is generally the biggest and/or oldest.
Is Lanzarote classified as Europe?
Lanzarote is a Spanish island and so while it is nearer to the mainland of Africa than to the mainland of Europe, it is part of Europe.
On what peninsula is Spain and Portugal?
The Iberian peninsula. In the times of the Roman Empire the entire region was called Iberia.
How does the guernica represent to Spain?
Guernica was a small town in the north of Spain that was bombed for three hours straight by Hitler during the Civil War of Spain in 1937.
Pablo Picasso painted Guernica to symbolize the horror of that Sunday, when many people died for no reason.
Hitler bombed Guerica as practice for his military for later on in WWII.
To Spain, Guernica represents a time that no one misses.
Can The Spanish Euro be used in Portugal?
The euro is a shared currency used everywhere within the "Eurozone" countries. It doesn't belong to any specific one of them. Euro coins and bills are completely interchangeable no matter where you are or which country issued them.
All euro bills are identical, so it's not possible for the casual user to tell which country issued a particular bill.
The only difference between the Eurozone countries is that each one puts its own designs on the back of its euro coins. The front (obverse) side is identical for each denomination no matter where they're made.
"Ecija" refers to a city in the Seville province in Spain. It was originally named "Astigi" under Roman ruler Julius Caesar.
According to "Focus on People and Migration," a UK government report:
Nearly eight of every ten people in the United Kingdom lived in an urban area in 2001, according to the most recent definition of the term. Urban areas covered 8.9 per cent of the UK's land mass at that time.
Nearly 41 per cent of urban dwellers lived in one of the ten most populous urban areas. They accounted for 19,024,665 people or 32.4 per cent of the UK's population.
How did Spain and France try to unite their countries?
Queen Catherine of Medici had King Felipe marry her daughter, Elisabeth of Valois.
