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- Spain (36498 bytes)
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48: ...up>2</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[peseta|Spanish Peseta]]<br><sup>3</sup> Except in the Canary Islands, ...
58: ...e [[Iberian peninsula]] through the Pyrenees and settled throughout the peninsula, becoming the [[Celt... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ...496]] or [[1500]], [[Jerez de los Caballeros]], [[Extremadura]], and died [[21 May]] [[1542]], probably on a br...
7: ...tan]], hoping to find a direct connection by sea between the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and the [[Pac...
11: ...Soto often visited him in jail, and a friendship between the two men emerged.
13: ...us for being the hero of the battle of Cuzco. He settled in [[Sevilla]], where he married, in [[1537]]...
15: ...unexplored lands. His mission was to conquer, to settle, and to "pacify" the unknown territories. - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: ...ortés''' during his lifetime and signed all his letters '''Fernán Cortés'''.
5: ...dellín (Spain)|Medellín]], in the province of [[Extremadura]], in the [[Castile|Kingdom of Castile]] in Spain...
7: ...udying law like his grandfather. He had a choice between seeking fame and glory in a war in Italy, or ...
10: Due to setbacks, Cortés did not arrive in the New World unt...
12: ...hus warned, Cortés organized his expedition and set sail on the morning of [[January 18]], [[1519]], ... - Culture of Spain (17671 bytes)
1: ...ch|Catholicism]], [[Moor]]ish [[Islam]], tension between the centralized [[Castilian]] state and its r...
6: ... continue to be a cause of violence (notably by [[ETA]]), although most Basque nationalists (like virt...
10: ...ries]], [[Rioja]], [[Valencia]], [[Aragon]] and [[Extremadura]].
14: Spain has a long history of tension between centralism and regionalism. The current feder...
29: *[[Extremaduran language]] - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...anking nobleman, [[Antonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully bu...
10: ... latter two were most commonly used during his lifetime, but the former shortened form has become comm...
14: ...dellín (Spain)|Medellín]], in the province of [[Extremadura]], in the [[Kingdom of Castile]] in Spain in 1485...
18: After two years, Cortés, tired of schooling, returned home to Medellín, much to the irritation of...
20: ...ir description of a sixteen-year-old boy who had returned home only to find himself frustrated by life... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
5: ...Spanish nobility)|hidalgos]] of modest means in [[Extremadura]], a region of poverty and hardship from which ma...
12: ... Soto with fifteen men to invite Atahualpa to a meeting. When Pizarro's men attacked Atahualpa and his...
14: ...to prevent his rescue by the Incan army. De Soto returned later to report that he could find no signs ...
16: ...ned him down. De Soto packed up his treasure and returned to Spain.
17: ==Return to Spain== - Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
4: ...t]], although there is no scoring or competition between human participants. Although there is a signi...
12: ...cierro'', the ritualized stampede through the streets, has overshadowed the ''corrida'' itself; the ev...
17: ...tend to emphasize the danger involved in this athletic skill and may underestimate the extent to which...
40: ...llfight to attempt to stab the bull with a sword between the bull's shoulder blades. The audience ofte...
42: ...normous ridges of neck and shoulder muscle which set fighting bulls apart from ordinary cattle, while ...
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