Spain

Some Of The Major Influences within Texas from Spain are clothing, food, resteraunts, language, culture, festives, and music. Others that are not as major might be the livestock they brought over during the San Antonia Missions and the holidays like Sinco Dey Miyo (Day Of The Dead).

Cinco de Mayo (or as you spelt it, Sinco Dey Miyo) is not the Day of the Dead. That's Dia De Los Muertos. Cinco De Mayo is the day the Mexican Army beat the French at the Battle of Puebla.

Catalonia is a nationality and is considered an "autonomous community" of Spain; this is similar to the way the US territory Puerto Rico is self governing yet still considered part of the USA. Catalonia is located within the traditional boundaries of Spain and borders with France on its north.

The Tagus River

Spain has an excellent school system.

In terms of a more detailed explanation of how the system works, most Spaniards go to local public schools, where they are taught Spanish Literature, Science, History, Mathematics, and English (as a foreign language), along with secondary subjects like Home Economics, Music, Art, etc. Classes are usually graded by means of a heavily weighted final examination as well as homework, and intermediate examinations. Most Spaniards go to a public university in the same city or province that they grew up in, and accede to the university through a national examination (like the UK GCSCs or the US SATs).

There are 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities*: Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias, Baleares (Balearic Islands), Ceuta* (in Africa), Canarias (Canary Islands), Cantabria, Castilla-La-Mancha, Castilla y León, Cataluña (Catalonia), Comunidad Valenciana (Valencian Community), Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Melilla* (in Africa), Murcia, Navarra, País Vasco (Basque Country).

There is no Pensacola in Spain. There is though a Peniscola on the east coast north of Valencia. It's where the film "El Cid" was made.

2,000 miles.

The Special Administrative Area of Hong Kong (over 7,000,000) is larger than Madrid and it's metropolitan area (over 6,000,000).

Celts and Iberians were the first settlers on the Peninsula. It is said that Hispania (the name the Romans used to describe the Peninsula) is a word of Semitic origin from Hispalis (Seville). From the year 1100 A.D. and until the middle of the 3rd century A.D., commercial and cultural contact with high Mediterranean civilisations was held with the Phoenicians and Greeks. Source: http://www.spaindreams.com/eng/history.htm

The traditional clothing for men in Spain was inspired by the Bandoleros and vaqueros. They wore high waisted pants and short jacket with a white ruffled shirt underneath. It is linked together by wide colored scarf.

Spain was formed in 1516, 24 years after the "Reconquista" (the Expelling of all Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula).

The Kingdoms of Castile, Leon, and Aragon united under one banner when all three kingdoms were inherited by Carlos I and became one country for the very first time.

Prior to 1516 there was one monarch for Castile and Leon, and a second monarch for Aragon. Carlos I was the grandson of both Isabel and Ferdinand when he inherited the kingdoms that had belonged to each, and their heirs, separately. That was what unified the three kingdoms.

Yes, Spain once ruled Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.

The Spanish-American War in 1898 ended Spain's control of all three territories. Cuba became independent (after a few years) and Puerto Rico and the Philippines became US possessions. Puerot Rico is still a US territory, although now self-governing, and the Philippines gained independence from the US in 1946.

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Europe. By the way, you don't need wikianswers to answer that. A Google search or an atlas would be just as easy.

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany. Its Italian name is Firenze.

There are about 779 miles from Heathrow to Madrid Barahas airports.

The last name of King Juan Carlos is Duncan, I know this by doing a lot of research and growing up on Spain

lunch time in Spain starts at 2:00 pm

its also the biggest meal of the day, not breakfast

Spain has a higher overall elevation than France. France is a country of flat plains and gently rolling hills. The highest point in France is Mount Blanc at 4,808-meters. Spain is a mountainous country. The highest point in Spain is Mount Tiede at 3,718-meters.

The domination of the Visigoths over modern day Spanish territory i estimated to be between 14 and 256 years.

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During the Pre- Modern Era (1450-1700), Spain, along with Portugal, started to explore the world. In 1492, Christopher Columbus was supported by Isabella of Castile to explore the west side in order to search for the spice world of India and Asia even though many Europeans traveled along eastward. After, the Spanish and Portuguese found the New World. The Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer with their explorers like Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes to conquest Latin and South America such as the Aztecs and the Incas. They obtained lots of gold and silver which caused inflation in their homelands. The Spanish set up sugar and other cash crop plantations and started the transatlantic slave trade. They impacted other European nations like England and France to colonize for profits as well.

Spain had absolute monarchy but was controlled by the Holy Roman Empire (Charles V) around mid-1500s. Their government was strongly tied to the church unlike most of the Protestant nations. Many talented Muslims and Jews left the country. Spain became fragile as time passed since other stronger nations began to colonize their land.

The small number of Christians that live in Iraq have always celebrated Christmas. Iraq made Christmas an official holiday in 2008.

Spain maintains a border in the Pyrenees mountains with France and Andorra. Spain has a border running throughout the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal for all regions due south of Galicia. Finally, Spain maintains land boundaries with Morocco for the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.