... , it was geared to overtake wealth and material possessions already known to exist, for the leader of the Spanish conquistadores, Fernando Cortés, was obviously aware of the stories of gold found deep in the Aztec country. After all, an excuse that he used in order to meet with the emperor of the Aztecs, Moctezuma, was that the "Spaniards had a disease ... of the heart that could be cured only by gold- (Meyer, 98). There in Tenochtitlan, a city found to be extremely rich and economically productive, as described by Cortés in his letters (Cortés, 102-113), the Spaniards' invasion promo...

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... and 30,000 tons of ammunition. The Soviets expected the Republicans to pay for these military supplies in gold. On the outbreak of the war Spain had the world's fourth largest reserves of gold. During the war approximately $500 million, or two-thirds of Spain's gold reserves, were shipped to the Soviet Union. This flagrant abuse of Spain's instability and volatile state by ... ...

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... not check the Jewish influences over the conversos" (qtd.in Ecclesia Miltans) They were given four months to wind up their affairs and they were not allowed to take any gold, silver, or precious metals with them. The contemporary historian Bernaldez estimates that 35,000 Jewish household - 170,000 people - left Spain because of this decree (Ecclesia Miltans). Many of those ... ...

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