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The Spanish Empire (Spanish: Imperio Español) was one of the largest empires in world history, and one of the first global empires. It included territories and colonies ruled by Spain in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania between the 15th and late 19th centuries. Spain also held colonies in Africa until the mid-to-late 20th century. Spain emerged as a nation in 1492 following the... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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    Spanish Empire

    The Spanish Empire (Spanish: Imperio Español) was one of the largest empires in world history, and one of the first global empires. It included territories and colonies ruled by Spain in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania between the 15th and late 19th centuries.
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    War of the Spanish Succession

    The Italian territories would go to France, while the Archduke would receive the remainder of the Spanish empire.
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    Spanish Galleon

    Spain

    The galleon became synonymous with the riches of the Spanish Empire.
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    Global empire

    Anachronous map of the overseas Spanish Empire in red, and the Spanish Habsburg realms in Europe (1516-1714) in orange
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    History of Spain

    Reformation · Age of Exploration · Age of Sail · Baroque · Thirty Years' War · Portuguese Empire · Spanish Empire · British Empire · Habsburg Empire
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    Iberian Union Empires

    Portuguese Empire

    Red/Pink - Spanish Empire
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    Empire

    However this term has been widely applied to other quite distinct states such as the Holy Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (subservant to the Ottoman Turks during the fifteenth century) at one end, to the Colonial Empires of the Spanish Empire (sixteenth century) and the British Empire (nineteenth century) on the other.
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    Viceroyalty of New Spain

    The Viceroyalty of New Spain united many regions and provinces of the Spanish Empire throughout half a world.
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    Colonial empire

    From 1580 to 1640 the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire were conjoined in a personal union of its Habsburg monarchs, during the period of the Iberian Union, though the empires continued to be administered separately.

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