The Aztecs were not loved, and their "empire" was a collection of subjugated tributary states, much of whose tribute was human. Several of them went over to the Spanish and provided essential aid in the overthrow of the Aztecs -- most significantly the Tlaxcalans, whose good services were ...
" which meant redoubling the teaching and imposition of English on Filipino children and adults in order to not leave them under the influence of the predominant language which was Spanish, Mr. Barrows, much in the manner of consolation for himself and his superiors in Washington, D.C., wrot...
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Schwartz, Stuart, "Panic in the Indies: The Portuguese Threat to the Spanish Empire, 1640-1650", CLAHR 2:1-2, 1993, pp. 165-188.Schwartz, Stuart B., «Panic in the Indies: The Portuguese Threat to the Spanish Empire, 1640‑1650», en Werner Thomas y Bart de Groff (eds....
The Bragança duchy, founded in 1461, was a collateral of the extinct royal House of Aviz; and, when the restorers of independence overthrew the Spanish governor on Dec. 1, 1640, they offered John the crown. On December 15 he was enthroned as John IV. Supported by the Cortes, the ...
== History == {{Quote|Similar to that of [[Spanish (Age of Empires II)|Spain]], the Medieval history of Portugal can be divided into three principal chapters: the expansion of the [[Goths|Visigoth]] kingdom after the disintegration of the Roman Empire, the emergence of Islamic Iberia, ...
Moreover, the dismemberment of the colonial empire resulted in the loss of a significant source of income (Baklanoff 1992, p. 1). Spain, on the other hand, experienced a smoother transition process skillfully managed by the new chief of state, King Juan Carlos I, who had lived in exile ...
In the days of their vast maritime empire, the Portuguese propagated many new words – typically adapted from newly-discovered cultures – to describe some of the weird stuff their sailors came across. Many of these became so widespread and deeply embedded in other languages that their origins we...
"Iberian Asia: The Strategies of Spanish and Portuguese Empire Building, 1540- 1700." PhD dissertation in History, University of California, Berkeley, 2008.Sheehan, Kevin J. "Iberian Asia: The Strategies of Spanish and Portuguese Empire Building, 1540-1700." Diss. U of California, Berkeley, ...
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