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The '''Spanish Empire''' comprised | The '''Spanish Empire''' achieved a global scale and comprised many territories and colonies administered by the [[Spain|Spanish Crown]] in [[Europe]], the [[Americas]], [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and [[Australia|Oceania]].<ref name="beaule_douglass">{{cite book|editor1-last=Beaule|editor1-first=Christine|editor2-last=Douglass|editor2-first=John G.|title=The Global Spanish Empire: Five Hundred Years of Place Making and Pluralism|series=Amerind Studies in Anthropology|date=2020|publisher=University of Arizona Press|location=Tucson|isbn=978-0816545711|url=https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/e9998998-e035-42b2-b178-cc5ac369b6c9|jstor=j.ctv105bb41|via=Open Research Library|pages=3–15|doi=10.2307/j.ctv105bb41|s2cid=241500499|access-date=6 August 2021|archive-date=30 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830041013/https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/e9998998-e035-42b2-b178-cc5ac369b6c9|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
The empire ushered in the [[Age of Discovery]] and was one of the most powerful empires of the modern period, becoming known as "the empire on which the sun never sets".<ref name="Márquez2016">{{cite book|last1=Márquez|first1=Carlos E.|editor1-last=Tarver|editor1-first=H. Micheal|editor2-last=Slape|editor2-first=Emily|title=The Spanish Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]: A Historical Encyclopedia|chapter=''Plus Ultra'' and the Empire Upon Which the Sun Never Set|date=2016|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1610694223|page=161|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1LCJDAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA161|access-date=19 September 2022|archive-date=14 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114124346/https://books.google.com/books?id=1LCJDAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA161|url-status=live}}</ref> The Spanish Empire reached its greatest extent in the late 1700s and early 1800s, and was one of the largest empires in history.<ref name="Taagepera1997">{{cite journal|author=Taagepera|first=Rein|author-link=Rein Taagepera|date=September 1997|title=Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia|url=https://escholarship.org/content/qt3cn68807/qt3cn68807.pdf|url-status=live|journal=[[International Studies Quarterly]]|volume=41|issue=3|pages=492–502|doi=10.1111/0020-8833.00053|jstor=2600793|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707203055/https://escholarship.org/content/qt3cn68807/qt3cn68807.pdf|archive-date=2020-07-07|access-date=2020-07-07}}</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 16:22, 5 May 2026
The Spanish Empire achieved a global scale and comprised many territories and colonies administered by the Spanish Crown in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.[2]
The empire ushered in the Age of Discovery and was one of the most powerful empires of the modern period, becoming known as "the empire on which the sun never sets".[3] The Spanish Empire reached its greatest extent in the late 1700s and early 1800s, and was one of the largest empires in history.[4]
History
Origins
The Spanish Empire's origins can be traced to the Crown of Castile, who were the most successful colonial power in the Americas. Spain and Portugal, and then England began to colonize the Americas during the Age of Discovery.[5]
Spain was able to secure a number of key colonies which made up modern-day Latin America. These included Florida, Cuba,[1] Trinidad,[6] Puerto Rico,[7] Peru,[8] and Mexico.[9] They also established several colonies in Southeast Asia, which became known as the Spanish East Indies and included the territory of modern-day Philippines.[10]
Spanish Empire
By the 1500s, the Kingdom of Spain was formed. It held the key island of Cuba, which housed the largest city and port in the Caribbean: Havana. Havana was a popular spot to lay anchor for pirates such as Edward Kenway and was the heart of Spanish trade in the Caribbean.[1]
In 1707, Laureano de Torres y Ayala, the Grand Master of the Caribbean Templars, became governor of Cuba. He orchestrated Templar operations in the Caribbean from his mansion in Havana.[1]
During this period, the Caribbean saw a huge wave of piracy which led to the period being labelled as the "Golden Age of Piracy". Piracy had a sizable impact on the Spanish economy as a result of pirate attacks on profitable sugar plantations such as Wellington.[6]
The colonies in Asia were not without problems either, as in 1719 a violent riot broke out in Manila, resulting in the death of Governor-General Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda. Six years later, another riot occurred in the city, led by a monk who wielded a Piece of Eden.[11]
Along with the Golden Age of Piracy, Spain faced all-out war with the British. This was due to the disputed Spanish throne which was to pass into French hands, to the dismay of the rest of Europe.[1]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed II (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
- Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple
- Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game (mentioned only)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
- ↑ Template:Cite book
- ↑ Template:Cite book
- ↑ Template:Cite journal
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II: Discovery
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Freedom Cry
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Discover Your Legacy
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Glyphs
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Rome: Chapter 4 - Giovanni Borgia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 50
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 51
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