Spain

Julius Caesar never conquered Spain. The Romans got Spain in 218 BC after the Second Punic War. Caesar did recruit many of his troops from Spain. His famous tenth legion was almost exclusively Spanish, also the ninth legion. He fought the last battle of the civil war at Munda in Spain.

Most of Spain has a mild Mediterranean climate.

Miguel Ángel Asturias died on June 9, 1974 at the age of 74.

Bad Tour

5,7 and 9 of august 1988

Dangerous Tour

18, 20 and 22 of September 1992

HIStory Tour

24th of September 1996

6th of September 1997

There are Spanish islands off the east coast of Africa. They are called the Canary Islands. Tenerife, Fuerteventura, and Gran Canaria are the three largest, from large to small. There are more islands in the archipelago.

In the 1470's, the flag of Spain was a quartered flag. It alternated the tower or the masoned sable and a crowned lion. The lion is purple with a white background. The tower, or masoned sable is gold on a red background.

Spain was never lost.

Spain has been known and occupied since prehistory. Early explorers visited it. The first explorers were the Phoenicians, followed by the Greeks and then the Romans.

No, however Spain was invovled in the Wars of the Austrian Succession, which was the series of wars of which the French and Indian war was one.

High in the Pyrenees, on the border between France and Spain.

No, Viswanathan Anand, although he has lived in Spain, holds an Indian passport and Indian citizenship.

The Napoleon family ruled both France and Spain. They were the rulers of both of these areas in the middle of the 16th century.

It takes about 7 hours to get to Spain from the US. The time depends on winds, point of departure, and type of aircraft.

The Spanish, and in fact all Europeans, had much better military technology than the natives.
because they had guns and weapons to conquer !

They now had a virgin continent filled with unassuming natives with which to create an empire. Columbus also made his discoveries sound more appealing by claiming that it looked like the Garden of Eden on Hispaniola.

As of September 2021, the unemployment rate in Spain was around 15.3%.

The circular walking/running trail is a total of .5 miles (I.e., 1/2 mile), so 5 trips around equals a total of 2.5 (2 1/2) miles.

Six fighting bulls, accompanied by six steers, run each morning during the 8 days of the Feria del Toro in Pamplona. The number of bulls in other bull festivals varies, depending on the fiesta.

The Atlantic Ocean borders Spain and Portugal to the west.

Yes. It seems there where silver mines found in southern Oklahoma dating back to the spanish. This makes no sense since we here nothing else of them mining for gold and silver. There are legends of lost spanish gold from Oklahoma to Wyoming. We here they went all across South America and Mexico killing and looking for gold. We know from ship wrecks that there was a huge amount of gold and silver coming from the New World. The question that will make you wonder is this. Where did all this gold come from? Billions in shipwrecks, which means even more made it, so where did this massive treasure come from?

Very very very popular. I've just come back from the North of Scotland. Where does most of the langoustine , lobster and other shellfish go? Nearly all of it goes to Spain. Ever tried to buy Hake in the UK? Sorry guys the Spaniards have bought it all. Oh yes the Spaniards like their seafood.

Green (2/5 of the flag) and Red (3/5), by this order.

He restored some measure of financial order, encouraged agriculture, founded new industries, built roads and canals, expanded foreign trade through commercial treaties with Spain, England, and the Ottoman Empire, and encouraged colonization of Canada.

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Spain ruled Mexico for 300 years, from 1521 until 1821.

Yes not all of the Spanish are fans, but it is tolerated by most.

Bullfighting is part of the national heritage, but the most important passion in Spain is soccer