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How much has Spain had an effect on world history?

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Also Spain in the 1300-1600 had some of the best universities in the world and kept pushing out scientists left and right and still do. Then came the Spanish Civil War and Franco, prelude to WW2, which was a terrible tragedy for sciences in Spain and took the nation backwards until 1975 when Franco Died. read more

I think Spain has had a strong effect on world history. The colonizing of the Americas for 300 years led to the spread of a common culture among many nations that would not have been so united otherwise. The Spanish established universities, pharmacies, and spread the Catholic variety of Christian faith throughout the Americas. read more

However the fact that Spain had to pay for this huge European Empire also was the reason for its downfall since it grew too quickly and had to defend it from multiple enemies being forced to import much of the gold and silver to pay for its vast armies from the American colonies which caused it to suffer huge inflation rates until eventually it went bankrupt. read more

First, a class system similar to that in Spain was reconstructed anew in the colonies. Those in the New World that were born in Spain held the highest position. These people were called Peninsulares, and were the nobles of the feudal class hierarchy. Below them were the Creoles, or Spaniards born in the New World. read more

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