One factor that accelerated expansion was political centralization in the major European countries - Spain, France, and England. In 15th Century Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella united the various Spanish kingdoms under their rule. With its monarchy stronger than ever, Spain was ready to venture out into foreign territory. ... Although the favorable location helped Portugal in expansion, this "Age of Discovery" was also stimulated by various technological developments. ... One of the major reasons for expansion that Spain and Portugal had was the desire to Christianize Muslims. ...

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For example, the changes to the legal procedure help to explain the growth of persecution. ... On the other hand, strongly Catholic societies like Spain and Italy were relatively free from witch-hunting. The best example of this concerns the attitude of the Inquisitor Alonso de Salazar, who investigated an outbreak of witch hunting in the Spanish Basque country. ... In the process he brought an end to the Spanish Inquisitions connections with the prosecution of witches. The Inquisition subsequently intervened with local jurisdictions in Spain to bring persecution to an end. ...

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Going against their Catholic king, the Bohemian Protestants decided to call in outside help from Ferdinand of Austria. ... General Ambrogio di Spinola sent a 20,000-man army from the Spanish Netherlands to be under the direction of Gonzales de Cordoba to occupy Mainz. ... To the north an beyond the Neckard river an army led by Christian of Brunswick stood ready to help the Protestant forces. ... The young Protestant leader with his 12,000 men was in desperate need of help. ... In 1636, Spanish invasions of French territory were repelled. ...

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The Portuguese focused primarily on a trading empire while the Spanish were more interested in seeking a territorial empire they could colonise. ... This gave Portugal a seventy-year head start over the Spanish, and it was not until Columbus" voyage in 1492 that the Spanish were finally in a position to challenge Portugal's dominance in exploration. Although Portugal and Spain were the major players in this global game, there were also other smaller players such as England, France, Italy and Poland. ... To seek allies to help wage battles against the enemies of Christianity 5. ....

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Diamond uses the Spanish invasion and conquest of the Incas in South America to illustrate how European diseases aided the Spanish in their victory against and obviously powerful society. ... This is one of the factors that helps to explain why Europe was able to advance faster than Africa, even though Africa had a head start. ...

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Thus, the Cycle Dramas or English Passion Plays were performed with the permission and "help" of the church. ... We can see the double plot/sub plot structure becoming more and more significant and taking on more importance in plays such as Gorboduc, The Spanish Tragedy, most of Shakespeare's works, and ultimately in King Lear. ... He also developed the classic archetype of the Machiavel, which we see in almost every dramatic text from The Spanish Tragedy on. ...

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This helped to develop the cities economy which allowed the early modern city to change. ... Forms of political action helped shape and change the early modern city. ... Cities also changed in size and structure, the reason for this was due to an improvement in trade, the economy, technology, whilst religion helped shaped and developed science and education. ... Catholic Spain through its administrative rule led to an experience of growth e.g. ... This was partially through counter reformation tactics but also through controlling trade with the spanish west indies, Seville was transformed into...

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Currently, company driven expatriations are on a rise, among the most popular expatriate countries, the rankings are led by: Germany, Belgium, Spain, France and Russia in Europe, USA and Canada the in North America, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Hong Kong in Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and South Africa. [1] As the need for development of global leadership and the growth of new business ventures abroad increases, a massive rise in global mobility is to be observed. ... Some companies will completely cover the cost of children's education, or encourage and help families find...

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After the 1820's many Western European countries had lost many of its colonies, such as France in America and Spain in South America. ... The duty to civilize non-white primitives and help them evolve became much of Europe's self-indulged "burden." ... The writings and arguments of these critics did result in a form of nationalism and helped to create a cause for liberation within many of the colonies. ...

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Due to the extremely contagious and deadly nature of the disease, which was not helped by the medicine practices at the time, priests were more than often terrified to leave the sanctity of the church to visit the homes of the sick and dying. ... Beginning in 1348, massacres of the Jewish people corresponded with the coming of the plague in France and Spain. ...

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The Romans, the Mongols, the British and the Spanish empires and many more have all made us who we are today; from one empire another one was given birth to, but also as the culture, language, and food and even combat transformed and developed. ... If there wasn't electricity there wouldn't be any industrial machine which helped us by doing dangerous or hard work for us. ...

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From the CIA World Factbook data I have drawn these conclusions through a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that I created: Country GDP (as of 1/1/00) Military Spending as of (1/1/00) Austria $190.6 billion $1.7 billion Belgium 243.4 billion 2.8 billion Denmark 127.7 billion 2.822 billion Finland 108.6 billion 1.8 billion France 1.373 trillion 39.831 billion Germany 1.864 trillion 32.8 billion Greece 149.2 billion 4.04 billion Ireland 73.7 billion 732 million Italy 1.212 trillion 23.294 billion Luxembourg 14.7 billion 131 million The Netherlands 365.1 billion 6.956 billion Portugal 151...

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He lost his navy, he lost to guerilla warfare in Spain, and his fatal loss occurred when he attempted to invade Russia and led his army into the unrelenting winter, which destroyed his troops and his hope at ever succeeding at his plans for world dominance. ...

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