By Colby Petelinkar, Christopher
Fricker, Nick Ripans, Maddie Adams,
Claudia Wyrzykowski
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Prince Ferdinand of Aragon, married Princess
Isabella of Castile in 1469 bringing the two
parts of Spain together.
In 1492, Ferdinand and Isabella told all Jews to
convert or leave the country.
In 1492 the Moors surrendered to the armies of
Ferdinand and Isabella.
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The treaty signed promised the Moors freedom
of religion.
In 1502 the Catholic monarchs told the
remaining Moors to convert or leave.
Ferdinand and Isabella were known as the
“Catholic Monarchs”
They created a plan called the Spanish
Inquisition which tortured thousands of people
charged with heresy.
To keep order in the land they set up
Corregidores, or royal officials to govern towns
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Most of the artisans, merchants, bankers,
doctors, and educators have been either Jewish
or Moors they were left with no one to do their
job.
They traded with Portugal, for slaves who
worked in the sugar farms
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They used cannons and Lateen (triangular sails
from the Muslims)
They added Lateens it with the traditional
square sails on the carvel ( a warship) to give
them more mobility and stability
Three terror suspects are in Spain causing havoc. This is called one of the biggest
operations against Al Qaeda in Spanish history. They have arrested the three people who have
been plotting attacks against the US and Britain. One of the men is Turkish, and the other is
Chechen. Police clam they had enough explosives to blow up a bus. Two of the men are on their
way to France to be detained. The other is going to the province of Cadiz.
Sources say that they were plotting against the US naval base at Rota or British
investments in Gibraltar. These three men are professional Paragliders, which lead evidence that
they might attack from the air. Explosives were found in the apartment of one of the suspects in
the area of San Roque. Police in San Roque are still trying to find more explosives in the
neighboring towns. They believe that the three suspects stored bombs and Documents.
One of the Chechen suspects is a specialist in chemicals. No names have been given yet
but their initials are A.A.A., M.A., and C.Y.
This relates to what we are studying because a lot of the big super powering countries
have threats inside the country which as we have seen before leads to the downfall of the country.
This relates to the Roman empire when the Barbarians rose up within the empire and defeated the
Romans because of the crude control of the empire. This is also shown in this current event. The
theme is peace and security within the country.
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/02/world/eur
ope/spain-terror-arrests/index.html
Click link then click play on movie
Government: There were several kingdoms,
and the most powerful were Castile and
Aragon. When Prince Ferdinand and Princess
Isabella took control, they gave and changed
many orders. They took control of Nobles,
and they sent Corregidor’s to govern the
towns. They also made many changes in
religion.
Technology: Spain’s language was
Spanish. In fact, Spanish was made in
Castile, one of the most powerful
kingdoms. However, they didn’t call it
Spanish; they called it the Castilian
language. The reason why it was
called Castilian was because it was
made in Castile. Soon, the Castilian
language became the official
language, and all government papers
were to be written in Castilian. After
that, the language began to spread.
Daily Life: During the Spaniards daily lives, they did
many things, most focused on the government, power,
and religion. All of Spain was united into many
different kingdoms. They had many different groups of
people governing separate towns. Many people were
Catholic, because they king and queen made them
convert. The king and queen believed that in order to
all unite, everybody should be Catholic. They even had
the Spanish Inquisition to make sure everyone was
Catholic. Therefore, in order to save themselves, many
people converted. Later on, Spain has become weaker
than it ever has, and since then everything went
downhill.
Geography
Long-distance trade in the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific was pioneered
by the Spanish and Portuguese. Spain occupies 85% of the Iberian Peninsula, which
it shares with Portugal, in southwest Europe. Africa is less than 10 miles south at the
Strait of Gibraltar. A broad central plateau slopes to the south and east, crossed by a
series of mountain ranges and river valleys. Principal rivers are the Ebro in the
northeast, the Tajo in the central region, and the Guadalquivir in the south. Off
Spain's east coast in the Mediterranean are the Balearic Islands the largest of which
is Majorca.
Religion
Background:
When King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ruled Spain in the 1400s and 1500s, they decreed that all
Spaniards must become Roman Catholics. People who practiced other religions, such as Islam or
Judaism, where forced to change religions. If they did not, they were killed or exiled from Spain.
Today, almost 97 percent of Spain´s population is Roman Catholic, although Muslims and Jews in the
country now practice their religions freely. About 12,000 Jews also live in Spain. Jew’s first came to
Spain with Romans, who invaded the country around 200 B.C. and ruled for the next 600 years. Jews
follow the teachings of their holy book, the Torah, which is written in the Hebrew language.Islamic
Spain was a multi-cultural mix of the people of three great monotheistic religions: Muslim, Christian
and Jews. Although Christians and Jews lived under restrictions, for much of the time the three
groups managed to get along together, and to some extent, to benefit from the presence of each other.
It brought a degree of civilisation to Europe that matched the heights of the Roman Empire and the
Italian Renaissance.