24/7 Wall St. The Spanish Armada ... The German Empire shifted its naval strategy to building submarines – 140 at peak strength – to attack transport ships bound for Great Britain in an ...

At its height, the Spanish Empire was one of the most powerful and far-reaching empires in history, spanning continents and oceans. So why did it collapse? In this video, we uncover the key reasons ...

It is the second volume in Thomas' three-volume history of the Spanish Empire. It covers the years of the reign of Charles V, who was both king of Spain and emperor of Europe in the 1500s.

Near the mountain city of Potosi in the southern highlands of Bolivia, the cone-shaped peak of Cerro Rico stands ... conditions to bankroll the Spanish empire. Today, the descendants of those ...

So this Empire was at its peak in the fifteenth and the early sixteenth century. You know, when the Spanish people arrived they were at their peak, but at the same time there was a problem between ...

Hugh Thomas talked about his book Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan, published by Random House. In the book, Lord Thomas examined the conquest of the ...

This assertion, made by Felipe Fernández-Armesto and Manuel Lucena Giraldo in “How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400-Year History,” seems bold at first, almost audacious. Yet within the ...

Hugh Thomas, a historian who wrote sweeping accounts of rebellion, conquest and struggle, particularly about parts of the world touched by the Spanish empire, and who was an adviser to British ...