History-Spain

=HISTORY! =

=War:=

====Spain has a history of many wars. There was the Peninsular War, the Carlist Wars, the Spanish American War, and many more. In the Peninsular War, the french took over Spain and Joseph was now the new ruler of Spain. Spain was then in hands of foreign dominion. The people of Spain rose in revolt initiating the brutal 6 year war. In 1813, Spain took control from the french with the help from the english. However, the Peninsular War left them poor and ravaged. By 1833, the majority colonies gained their independence back.====

====The Carlist Wars were a long series of petty wars. The Carlist Wars were also known as the Guerras Carlistas. These wars went on for several decades which was unnecessary to do so. Since the Carlist Wars were petty, these wars were not remembered as the most important ones.====

====The Spanish American War is one of the most well-knowned wars of Spain. The United States of America declared war with Spain. Hostilities were escalating and the fight became intense. In the end, the United States won the Spanish American War. Even though the U.S. destroyed the spanish empire, Spain managed to move forward and get where it is today.====

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====Bullfighting is a traditional Spanish sport. The Spanish people consider bullfighting an art form. Bullfighting is intimately linked with their country’s history, art and culture. Animal rights groups attempt to lobby against bullfighting yet the King of Spain himself has been quoted as saying that “the day the European Union(EU) bans bullfighting is the day Spain leaves the EU“.====
 * Bullfighting:**

====Bullfighting can be traced back to ancient days. They were popular spectacles in ancient Rome, but it was in the Iberian Peninsula that these contests were fully developed by the Moors from North Africa who overran Andalucía in AD 711. Bullfighting developed into an event observed in connection with feast days, on which the conquering Moors, mounted on highly trained horses, confronted and killed the bulls. Today bullfighting is big business in Spain with the top matadores earning the same salaries to the nation's top soccer stars and rock idols.====

====Bullfights are broken up into three parts. In the first part, the matador fights the bull with a large cape. He teases the bull and it charges at him. In the second part, picadores on armored horses use spears to stab the bull in the shoulder. Then come the banderilleros. They stick brightly colored darts in the bull. The spears and darts are used to tire down the bulls and make them lose blood to make them weaker. The last part of the bullfight is when the matador comes out to fight the bull with a little red cloth and a sword. He hides the sword behind the red cloth as the bull charges. After a few passes, the matador stabs the bull in head and gives it a painless death. After the bull dies, the highest official in the ring may award the matador an ear from bull for a good performance. If he does really good he might also get the tail and a hoof!====



Historicle timeline to 1600. 414: Visogoths conquer Swabians and Vandals and establish a monarchy. They rule spain as a Christian nation for three centuries, withToledo as their capital. 589: The Roman Catholicism is adopted as spains religion. 711:Battle of Guadalete: the Muslims invade and conquer the kingdon. They succeed in capturing most of Spain in two years. 722: Battle of Cavadonga won by Christians. 756: Córdoba Caliphate established. 1085: Toledo recaptured by Christians. 1474: Isabel, the wife of Fernando of Aragón, succeeds Henry the fourth of Castile. 1478: The Inquisition introduced by papal bull. 1479: Fernando becomes King of Aragon; Christian Spain is united under one crown. 1483: Torquemada appointed Grand inquisintor. 1492: The fall of Granada, the last Muslim stronghold, completes the Reconquest of Spain from Muslim- La Reconquista. Expulsion of all Jews who refused to be baptised. Christopher Columbus "discovers" to The New World 1496: Juana, daughter of Isabel and Fernando, marries Phillip the son on Emperor Maximilion of Austria. 1499: 4,000 Muslims baptised at Toledo by order of the Catholic monarchs, Fernando and Isabel. 1504: Death of Isabel; Fernando rules in the name of Juana La Loca and later as regent for his child grandson Carlos. 1516: Death of Ferando: his grandson becomes Charles the first of Spain. 1519: Charles the first is elected Holy Roman Emperor Charles the fifth, on the death of Maximilian of Austria. Cortes lands in Mexico. 1521-56: Charles wages war five times against the French; Prevents advances of Francios the first. 1532: Pizarro lands in Peru. 1556: Felipe the second succeeds to the throne. 1561: Capital moved from Toledo to Madrid. 1571: Spain controlls the Mediterrenean. 1588: Defeat of the Spanish Armada destroys Spain as a sea power.