Medieval Nation-Building
Half-Hour History: Secrets of the Medieval World
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The History of Spain and Portugal
The Roman Empire had a couple of provinces over there in Spain. Al-Andalus was dominated by the Muslims from 732 to 1492. The reason Columbus, as the phrase goes, sales the ocean blew in 1492, is that everybody saw this coming. So why can't it move again?
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