To gain the support for his journeys‚ he went the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. As part of his offer‚ he said that he hoped to be able to spread Christianity to ‘heathen lands’ in the east. In 1492‚ he sailed from Europe to America. He and his sailors crossed the Atlantic Ocean‚ not knowing where they would land. It was a voyage
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To what extend might the success of Primark’s marketing strategy depend upon its directors preparing an effective marketing plan. A marketing plan is a systematic approach to development of marketing strategy and the achievement of goals. The marketing plan involves the businesses objectives‚ strategies‚ actions plans‚ marketing budgets and control tools. Primark’s corporate objective is expansion so they are therefore using the marketing strategy market development to expand into foreign countries
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International Economics - Spain Somebody asked me the other day what happened with my country‚ Spain; why it is known by almost every young European person that it is so hard to find a job in Spain‚ and why is the Spanish economy so weak‚ with so much debt and with such high unemployment? Well‚ there are many reasons to explain the failure of the development of a stable and sustainable economic system of such an industrialised country‚ with so many resources and influences all over the world
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exploitation had been happening due to their existence in the country. Jaena wanted to change the occurring system. So he came to think of a plan to talk with Spain or its Government. But before doing so‚ he consulted Rizal first about his plan and got the hint that he would not get anything from Spain or its Government. Though given that conversing with Spain would not do anything about the situation‚ he still believed that Philippines can get what was naturally hers back through revolution and with the help
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Civil War: Reconstructing the Nation (the Canada Blanch/sussex Academic Studie). Portland‚ Ore.: Sussex Academic Press‚ 2012. Elliott‚ J. H. (1963). The revolt of the Catalans: a study in the decline of Spain (1598-1640).Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Gies‚ David T. 1994. "A country in Spain." Wilson Quarterly 18‚ no. 1: 70. World History Collection‚ EBSCOhost (accessed November 7‚ 2013). Guibernau‚ M. (1998). Nations without States. Cambridge: Polity Press. Guibernau‚ M. (2004). Catalan nationalism:
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The expansion of Western Europe started with the Iberian phase. Spain and Portugal‚ the two countries of the Iberian Peninsula‚ had a short-lived yet important role in European expansion. European expansion then turned to Western Europe. Western Europe consists of the Dutch‚ French‚ and British. While Western Europe was exploring new worlds overseas‚ the Russians were expanding westward across all of Eurasia. Religion played a major role in expansion for both the Portuguese and the Spanish due
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(Nuccetelli‚ 115). In 1512‚ the crown finally chose to listen to the priests by creating the Law of Burgos (Clayton‚55). Since the Indians are subjects‚ they must be protected. This document gives us a historical insight into the Catholic culture of Spain‚ and the treatment of Indians in encomienda. The structure and title of the Laws of Burgos tells us that this is a formal‚ legal document. The law was published in 1512 originally‚ with amendments in 1513. This would have been nearly twenty years
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During the age of exploration‚ the idea of exploring had affected the lives of many people. The drive to explore the unknown led to the creation of many new inventions. These inventions made exploration easier and more efficient. Some advancements were the compass and the Portolani chart‚ which allowed them to know where and what direction they were going. Others included the Astrolable‚ used for measuring latitude‚ and the caravel‚ which was a different type of sail that made the boats faster. These
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surface. Just after refining the ore‚ the silver is shipped to Spain then from Spain to India‚ China‚ East Indies‚ Great Britain‚ and Imperial Russia. But all this only happened after the Spanish took over the city and put the Indians on silver mining overdrive. According to the Spanish royal records thirty-six million silver coins have been taken out of the mine since the invasion. Meanwhile in Spain‚ the high process ruined Spain as prices attracted Asian commodities with silver currency flowing
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Rico are very similar during the 16th‚ 17th‚ and 18th centuries. As Spain colonized these two islands in the 16th century under the idea that gold was abundant. Thus in turn the islands became a safe port for Spain and her vessels. It also set out to be a huge migration from the Spain to the islands‚ because everyone was set to search for gold. . This turned out to be short lived as the mining of gold peaked in 1517 till 1819. By Spain using Cuba and Puerto Rico for mining gold they needed slave laborers
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