@tizona101 - visigoths were absorbed by the north of Spain they didnt go anywhere-
Bull fu%$in shit man! The Visigoths took off for France and joined Martel dropping Spain and its indigenous folk like the bag of hot turds they really are. Visigoths gave up Spain to the towelheads without a fight, why? Cuz it wasn´t even worth fighting for to begin with LOL
"Visigothic Spain was a foreign State"- GeorgianAzeri
LOL!!! STFU you jackass...a "foreign state".A "foreign State" for 350 years? LOL! The Visigoths knew back then Spaniards were scum and refused to assimilate with the natives. They gave up the ENTIRE country lock ,stock n barrel to the towelheads. It was like :"here, take it. We dont want it" XD!!!
@RideMyBMW how fucking retarded can you be? we defend Europe from the Muslims and discover America two things that led to your fat canadian arse sitting there blabbing shit , ive never read such an idiotic comment , all you need to say is thank you
And committed cultural and religious and ethnic genocide in the process. The WORLD thanks you! We bow down in awe for each village you have carpet bombed around the world! Your country is the new Spain! You're so full of yourself that you think that the world must thank an American Flagg as if all god things came from USA: greed and intolerance! YOU on the other hand should thank France for supporting you in your revolution! YOU should thank European enlightened thinkers for your Constitution!
The Spaniards were the ONLY European nation to capItulate in its entirety to the fu%$in Islamo fascists...the garbage dump of Europe, not even the Visigoths felt Spain was worth fighting for and gave it up lock ,stock and barrel to the invading camel fu%$ers, pushing the whole of Europe to the brink of destruction.What a fu%$in disgrace of a country and people.
Was the Islamic rule in Spain a Fascist regime until the 1400's?
I guess the one true European Christians couldn't handle Jews, Muslims, Christians and Gypsies living side by side.So Rome had to stop this "multicultural", multireligious nonsense. Fact is that we got our renessaince ideas FROM the Arabic/Islamic culture 700 years ago! The earlier crusaders was stunned by the knowlegde, the science and ideas that was thriving from Baghdad in the east to Cordoba in the west.
"science and ideas that was thriving from Baghdad in the east to Cordoba in the west."- bohemianwriter1
you wanna throw in with the sand nigs? Fine. I´m throwing in with Charles Martel and western civilization. Spaniards lost their whole country to the fu%$in towelheads. What a total disgrace.
I would urge you to study some history. We got our renneissance from the Arabic/Islamic culture! While we were savages from the north raping and pillaging, they had science, medicine, astronomy.
I'm not going to call you an ignorant, redneck, inbred, illiterate gun toting, bible thumping moron just yet. Just follow the link on the left side on my channel called Bohemianwriter1s weblog. You'll figure it out if you are as smart as I hope you are....
"our renneissance from the Arabic/Islamic culture! While we were savages from the north raping and pillaging" - bohemianwriter1
Sounds to me like yer just another self hating westerner.What you call rapin´ n pillagin´ I call freedom from the slavery and tyranny of Rome.Chuck Martel and his victory over the sand nigs laid the foundations for what would eventually be known as the common law and consequently the freedoms commonwealth countries (plus US) enjoy today. So fu%$ you and yer Spaniards.
No! I am not! I am someone who knows a little about history. I urge you to get some insight in the theme before you get into clinch with me. You see, I love history. And I jugde in impartially, and unbias. I am only bias with the Native Americans.
I have no clue about whom this Cuck Martel is. Don't stand out in history though. Makes me think of a Chuck Norris movie though.
What you are, is still hard to place though. You are not interesting enough to waste an extra 15 seconds of my life on..
"no clue about whom this Cuck (sic) Martel is. Don't stand out in history though."- bohemianwriter1
LMFAO!!! Dude, you MUST be a towelhead....I think its most convenient for you NOT to know who Charles "Chuck" Martel was. After all, he only singlehandedly stopped the sand nigs from destroying all of Western Civilization at the battle of Tours, big fu$#in hello?
@RideMyBMW Hahaha know the facts, you fool. Slavery existed in the Medivel times aswell. I will save you your details, but the white savage and plundering raiding other civilisations started in late medivel times, when we Persians, Greeks, Egyptians and Arabs gave you some freedom.
@bohemianwriter1 I agree with you, all the old physicians, philosophers, et cetera were from specialised civilisations, while the Western culture was full of gangraping eachother, bending eachother to slavery and processing their few physicians like Galileo for blasphemy...
But then the satan ship, Santa Maria, sailed on The New World and 'thought the savages how to civilise'
@bohemianwriter1 I think this is understating the significance of the secular scientific revolution that originated in Europe. The understanding of the physical world that has been achieved in the past 400 years, overwhelmingly in the West, completely dwarfs the efforts of previous cultures and civilizations.
@77Fortran OK... although both the LHC and the great Pyramids are huge scientific apparatus, the Pyramid had/has a function a purpose, an operational concept. The LHC is merely experimental, and really until they flick some bolts and turn it into ainter dimensional transport (a.k.a. whorm-hole based portal), its just a very expensive M&Ms crusher! And on that subject, the news yesterday was "scientists may have glimpse the Higgs", lets highlight that "may have". You cannot find what is not there
@dreedee hehe are you on drugs? If you don't really understand how important it is to understand fundamental physics then that's a real shame! You would have no computers, internet, GPS, etc.etc. if it weren't for the findings of 'merely experimental' machines.
@77Fortran no... im not on drugs now, but, just because you mentioned it, we can wrap that up in here as well. People use substances for a variety of reasons, one of them can be for mind-expanding purposes, that is also known as the psychedelic realm. When under the influence of chemical or fully natural psico-actives (shamanic)the brain starts operating in a different wave length, allowing the experiencer to access "information" layers that were seemingly invisible to the 5 senses array.
The dumb fu%$in Spaniards lost their entire country to the Islamixs and it took 'em 700 years to get it back, putting all of Europe and Western Civilization on the brink...But they sure made up for it by discovering the New World. It took a Christian Empire (Spain, then France and finally England) to discover, colonize and civilize a whole "planet" if you will. Lets rip a page outta their playbook and get our asses in gear towrads the stars.
@RideMyBMW : it doesn't look like the US is doing better today with all the technology we have now. How many years the US have been looking for Osama Bin Laden? How many years the war have been going on? Is the same sh%@.
thus it would've been wiser for both Portugal and Spain to consolidate their power and wealth through a co-ordinated alliance. Of course the alliance we had with England brought us benefits, but those benefits were of a cirscumstancial nature since we were enemies with Spain, and England saw the opportunity of weakening Spain through us.
but even with all that, you people have to reconize Spanish Empire was larger than Portuguese one, and of course, the most profitable empire ever, with all that gold in our hands, were so fucki*g rich that we had a galloping inflation in the end, because of the gold we brought, lol
The Spanish empire was more powerful than the Portuguese at its peak, an undeniable fact because it was military more sophisticated, but the Portuguese empire was the wealthiest in Europe until the mid 16th century. For instance, Philip was only able to finance the Spanish Armada with the wealth he found in the Portuguese Royal Coffers. It was a shame that Portugal and Spain were enemies back then, if they were allies they could have faced the rise of the British and Dutch Empire better.
"It was a shame"??? Explain me why was that a shame. Portugal and England have one of the most ancient alliance. That friendship was able to sustain portuguese independence and helped the british to rise. So, has a portuguese I don't see the shame in there. From Spain never came good things to Portugal. We lost too many in the 60 years we had of union with Spain. So please. Can you be more specific in how it was a shame that Portugal never made an alliance with Spain.
It should be pretty obvious that everything you have mentioned obviously happened due to the fact that both Portugal and Spain were rival nations at the time, so they shouldn't be used as examples to counter what I said. And the reason to why I think it was a shame that Portugal and Spain weren't able to see past their greed and become allies (not unite), was due to the fact that they were at one point the two major forces in Europe,
I understand your point.. ;). And it is acceptable until a certain degree. As it is only a theorical analysis from my point of view. In practical terms we have to analyse the human factor.
If the people of Spain and Portugal were robots and would only use racionality analysis in their considerations then it would be of most importance an union between them, with a coordination of efforts to prevent the rising of other nations.
But the truth is that we are talking about humans (And belive it or not, I do know how the human being thinks. hehe). So there are interests, hates, greeds, money involved (to many factors to present here) that do not make that union possible to be made. So since we are individuals with free will (including the king) i do not disaprove their past decisions and i do understand the impossibility of a working alliance (at that time). Wich I do not regret obviously ;).
I agree with the point you are making, but I am of the opinion that the masses never truly dictated anything (only an opinion), thus I believe that what primarily made a healthy alliance impossible (not union, I never advocated for an union), was the mere greed and political incapacity of the vast majority of the noble classes because of what you said. But when you look at England, they were far more united, far more organised and far more cleansed from petty emotions than we were. Take care.
You cannot compare the size of an empire in absolut terms. Spain allways had more population then Portugal. At an aproximate rate of 4 spanish for each portuguese. What you should compare is that Spain had an empire twice as big as portuguese but with 4 times more population then Portugal. What is remarkable with the small nation of Portugal, was the great size of influence around the world with such limited resources.
In practical terms this meant that Portugal would have to defend the same size of an empire with less then half the manpower spain had. And that's something epic. Doesn't real matter the size of an empire. What matters is the amount of people that can sustain it. ;).
Indeed, Spain as a nation-state sprang up in the 15th century. The peninsula's isolation from the rest of the continent through the Pyrenees, the Reconquista, and the American colonies helped shape t he new nation. Spain, the Spanish people as a collective identity did not exist before, as they did not in the other western European countries--this would come later. But each nation also incorporated its own past to create a national history.
One thing is the history leading up to the nation. Of course Spain didn´t pop up from nothing, it came from the alliance of Castille and Aragon, and each of those kingdoms has its own history going past the moorish ocupation, the visigothic, the roman and the ancient Iberian tribes. Just like Portugal and any other nation doesn´t just "pop up" from nothing. But it´s still incorrect to account for the people and the land previous to the creation of Spain as Spanish because of what I explained
I regard the Basque country as Spanish too is that also wrong? look Hispania was not just a name, like terra australis( Greek) cos it was occupied by Roman's that left a culture there, language and employed the Visigoths to take over ,you are right though Portugal didn't come from Spain but Spain did come from Hispania and the kingdoms
im sure that if you were Spanish you wouldn't have a problem with that, iv seen plenty of documentaries that refer to the beginning's or History of Spain as Basque Greek or Roman Goth im sorry but Spain didn't just pop out of nothing in the 15th century, its incorrect to say that the history or beginning of Spain started in the 15th C, and to compare the Iberian peninsula with a continent c on, even the flag and the people still use the names of the kingdoms today is that incorrect?
Yes it is incorrect, because Spain is the English translation of Espana (the Castillian adaptation of the latin word Hispania, with the intent of naming the 15th century nation), the nation. Besides, Hispania is merely the latin name for the region, nothing else. Most people use Iberia to describe the region since it was the first word to describe the region previous to latin.
And because of that, it´s very stupid to say that Spain (the English translation of Espana) began before the 15th
no what im saying is that its not incorrect to use the term Spain when one refers about that area a place thats had the same name for more than 2000 years with roman occupancy its not incorrect to say that Spain began before the 15th century not as a nation but as a place that would end up been a nation with almost all its original land and name and language
I´ve explained it endless times, Spain did not exist. "Hispania" was merely a name for the region given by the Romans. When Spain was created, they decided to make an adaption to name their nation after "Hispania". Portugal and Spain are nations of "Hispania" (according to the roman name of that region", "Al-andalus" (according to the moorish name), and Iberia (according to the greek name if I´m not mistaken".) Spain means Espana: the nation, not Hispania, the roman name for the region.
Jesus, you really have trouble understanding a simple fact. PORTUGAL WAS BORN IN 1143, SPAIN WAS BORN IN THE 15TH CENTURY, ALL HISTORY BOOKS TELL YOU THIS.
Portugal was not a kingdom of Spain, Spain did not exist in 1143.
Visigoth people that worked with the romans and occupied a land that had the name of Hispania a name that remains today it has everything to do with the nation cos we would be Arabs if not for them the seeds they laid are the start of the nation the reconquest of Spain
yes modern" Spain" MODERN you didn't have a modern Portugal cos there was no old Portugal - LOL, wtf? Modern was in the context of the creation of the nation idiot. In the case of Portugal, it was created in 1143, long before Spain you muppet.
Quoting from wikipedia: "The unification of the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile laid the basis for modern Spain and the Spanish Empire." The latter happened in the 15th century.
"when the moors came the Visigoth people infiltrated into Spain's north making them the first Spanish people with a lost nation" - Yes, a lost Visigothic nation in HISPANIA, which results in the history LEADING UP TO THE CREATION OF SPAIN THE NATION.
Carry on hopelessly clinging to your ignorance, but the fact remains that the Spanish nation was only created in the 15th Century. Before that, Spain was a collection of kingdoms, hence it did not exist as nation yet, unlike Portugal.
"Espana is a direct translation of hispania from latin to castilian which happened to be the whole area including the Portugal land" - yes, well done, because the Romans decided to name the region hispania, now tell me fool, wf does that have to do with Spain the nation?
"when the whole place was governed by a king in 567AD it makes it a kingdom" - yes, well done, but that wasn´t Spain, that was a Visigothic kingdom that was based in HISPANIA - the region. duh!!
it is the same name you ringworm ,you are good at separating through, is it incorrect to say that El CID was Spanish too? and your wrong about Portugal spotting Australia first, it was a Spanish ship Luis Vaez de Torres naming the Torres Straight u moron!
Portugal´s history is very similar to Spain´s, the difference is that Portugal became a nation much earlier than Spain, about 350 years earlier. Portugal´s rivals until then were the Castillians for instance. So when I hear some retarded comments like "Portugal came from Spain" from some ignorant fool from Australia who knows fuck all about Portuguese and Spanish history it doesn´t surprise me also that he confuses the origins of the word "Hispania" with the nation Spain.
Espana is a direct translation of hispania from latin to castilian which happened to be the whole area including the Portugal land it is the same name,people from Spain espana or hispania spoke latin until around 1000AD. when the whole place was governed by a king in 567AD it makes it a kingdom , when the moors came the Visigoth people infiltrated into Spain's north making them the first Spanish people with a lost nation thats why it ended been called Spain not Andalucia
No, not Spain, "Hispania"; the name the Romans gave to the region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was the name of a REGION, not the name of a NATION. When the moors invaded the Iberian Peninsula, they re-named it; "Al-Andalus". It was merely the name given to the land by the conquerors.
FACT (any history book will tell you):
The creation of the Spanish nation came about in the 15th century. Before that, the region (which was to become Spain) was divided into many kingdoms
Check any history book, ask any historian read anything about Spain´s birth as a nation and you will see it was formed in the 15th century. Anything before that were mere kingdoms. And the Romans didn´t name Spain the nation, they named the region of the Iberian Peninsula, "Hispania", just like the moors named their Iberian lands, "al-andalus", it has nothing to do with Spain as a nation, you fool.
ye you keep saying as a nation, but the start of Spain is older than that and to the rest of the world that land was referred as Spain, and thats why they call it the reconquest of Spain cos the land was already ours, and to me the Visigoth people are the real start of Spain, when was the name of Portugal firs used?
yes it was a Goth kingdom that ruled Spain and was the fist king of Spain, i don't care about your kiddie history book history's more complicated than that
Spain already had a king that governed all of Spain you ignorant bastard, Leovigild Visgoth king of spain from 567 to 586 he unified his country after his victory against the Galicia kingdom of the Sueves in 585,long time before Portugal spastic look deeper into things nex time you shallow bastard
That was a Visigothic kingdom, Spain as a nation was only created in the 15th Century, any kiddies history book will tell you that. You are so ignorant and pathetic it´s hilarious.
of Portugal had a similar culture and language to the region of Galicia because they were practically the same region in ancient Iberia. That´s the link between Portugal and some parts of Spain; they are both Iberian nations, descendants of the Iberian regions of IBERIA, nothing to do with Spain you utter ignorant retard. Go back to primary school you ignorant muppet.
You talk so much crap it´s hilarious. Yes, Portugal was formed in 1143, and Spain as a nation was formed in the 15th Century. You can even check wikipedia if you have no history knowledge, since you are so ignorant it´s very likely the latter is the case. Until the 15th century, there was no Spain, only kingdoms, like the kingdom of Leon, Castille, etc... Their unification created Spain. Portugal did not come from Galicia you retard, Portus Cale in the North
Portugal existed prior to Spain? And you tel me that im making shit up? Portugal came from the kingdom of Galicia, just cos the kingdoms weren't joint u say that Spain didn't exist? who's the fool?
spain was a collection of kingdoms? you really are a joker, kingdoms of Spain, they were Spanish kingdoms, and dont tell me that there was cultural differences between Portugal and Spain in the 15th century cos u sound like a spastic Spain was already an important place to the Romans BC the people that named it
You are talking defamatory bullcrap. I´d like to see some historical sources where claims such as "Portuguese people were Spanish people everything about their culture was Spanish", and "Portugal was never bigger or wealthier than Spain", when it´s well known that Portugal existed prior to Spain, and Portugal was the wealthiest nation in Europe in the 15th century.
You are making shit up, in a defamatory manner, and you know it.
Portugal had also a huge empire not just in terms of wealth, but in land all over the world, and eventhough Spain was more powerful in military terms which was crucial for its expansions, the fact is that very few nations in Europe were able to match the Portuguese Empire.
Second of all, saying that Portugal was an independent Spanish kingdom is a ludicrous thing to say, considering the fact that Portugal´s creation was prior to Spain´s. Thirdly, saying that Portugal´s history and culture is "Spanish", considering the many cultural differences between the two nations, so much to the point that there was actually a cultural etiquette relating to being Portuguese alot earlier than Spain´s is another fallacy.
You are an absolute idiot. Not only was Portugal the wealthiest nation in Europe for almost 100 years, Portugal was also the most scientifically advanced country in Europe, which allowed it to develop the caravel for instance, crucial in the expansion of that nation. And you make so many historical mistakes, it´s hilarious. First of all, in 1000 AD Spain didn´t even exist; it was a collection of kingdoms.
Portugal was more like an independent Spanish kingdom their history blood and culture is Spanish and one cant deny that, with all their trade connections they went bankrupt
yes u moron Spain was the center of the world in 1000ad and had the best weapons technology steel, medicine , who cares about Portugal's small episode,they had wealth for a wile but they never had a strong empire,get it through ur thick head Portuguese people were Spanish people everything about their culture was Spanish read more books you imbecile
The fact the Portugal controlled the trade routes from Europe to Africa through the Atlantic, and then through the African - Indian and Asian trade routes, taking the monopoly from the Arabs, made Portugal the wealthiest nation in Europe, which as a consequence bankrupted Venice, and never had a city displayed so much wealth since Ancient Rome. There are many sources I can suggest you read, but I'll consider you read Martin Page´s, "First Global Village" for instance. Read history you tool.
I´m not saying that the Portuguese Empire was stronger than the Spanish, it wasn´t, we had too few armies to conquer, but it was wealthier because we kept our Empire well established in important trading posts all over the world. That´s why we were extremely rich. At its peak, only the British surpassed the Portuguese Empire in terms of wealth, because they also established powerful trading posts all over the world. I suggest ppl to study history be4 insulting others.
The Portuguese empire spread all over the world, while the Spanish only resorted to South America, that´s why the Portuguese Empire was richer. The Portuguese empire was also the wealthiest in Europe for almost 100 years. What the Spanish Empire had better, was its army which is crucial really if you want to expand, although in the early 17th Century England came into the picture as the most powerful.I´m not going into a dispute, they were all part of the most powerful, although England was t
Hi, only a minor comment saying that the spanish also did a lot of discoveries in the Pacific not only in central and south america, and they included those lands inside the empire (such as the Philippines).
oh man, portugal was born from spain , Spain had america parts of italy germany Fillipins etc and were going to conquer England really portugal only had trade thats all
Portugal became an independent nation before Spain did, and controlled the oceans from north Atlantic to Japan for almost 100 years, making it the richest nation in Europe, before Spain became powerful. Read some history.
yes independent and insignificant, Portugal was never bigger or wealthier than Spain, and it was always controlled by Spain the center of the world for 600 years and the first to circumnavigate the world
Insignificant? Never wealthier than Spain? Spain the first to circumnavigate the world? Spain the center of the world for 600 years? You´re full of crap! Spain rose to power in the mid 16th century as the most powerful nation in history, but in the 100 years be4 that, Portugal was the wealthiest nation in Europe due to controlling half of the entire world's trade you utter retard! You know nothing about history, yet you make these broad defamatory claims, you´re a tool.
The biggest empire for landed conquered was the chinese (even though the british was bigger than the chinese for total area, seas comprehensive).
The greatest empire was the Roman Empire,the origin of european & western civilization and whose structures are still fundamental for modern era and today world .
You're right InstantcCereal, many people ( and I'm among those) should say and write Mongols, which is absolutely correct and proper than saying Chinese uncorrectly .
Thanks for you clarifying that : once on a while there are some skilled & cultured people on this site.
I agree, althrough I do not think it´s so Roman-specific. In general, classical grecorroman culture (and without doubt it was the Romans the ones who spreaded it throughly) was likely the most influential in western civilization and thought.
Since Brasil untill Macau em Timor, passing by Angola, Mozambique, Cabo Verde, S.Tomé e Píncipe, Guiné-Bissau and 3 towns in India( Goa, Damão and Dio).
I'm spanish but i do reconize it,Of Course it was essential, cause indeed it opened the Age of Explorations, both empires were great, the Portuguese exploring and stablishing trade ports, and the spanish creating an empire and discovering new lands, of course not to mention i totally desagree the treaty the spanish gave to the indians in that territories but that's another thing, Spain was the first proto-state in Europe since Rome fell, the culture, traditions,etc
There are approximately 500 million hispanohablantes in the world (400 native speakers & 100 as second language). Whereas "only" 255 million speak Russian and those speaking English exceed the 1 billion (380 million natives).. I don't know if we should be speaking of an new Spanish empire pero me gusta que en unos anos los gringos seran obligados aprender espanol..:)
Stunning music...stunning movie (one of my favourites)..perfect combination. This was my first movie I saw in a cinema..I was 8 years old...it's a moment I'll never forget
as a kid i used to be so scared of this intro lol but it was a great movie
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@tizona101 - visigoths were absorbed by the north of Spain they didnt go anywhere-
Bull fu%$in shit man! The Visigoths took off for France and joined Martel dropping Spain and its indigenous folk like the bag of hot turds they really are. Visigoths gave up Spain to the towelheads without a fight, why? Cuz it wasn´t even worth fighting for to begin with LOL
RideMyBMW 11 months ago
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carsanookdotcom 1 year ago
Wow, what a monumentally ignorant post by RideMyBMW
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"Visigothic Spain was a foreign State"- GeorgianAzeri
LOL!!! STFU you jackass...a "foreign state".A "foreign State" for 350 years? LOL! The Visigoths knew back then Spaniards were scum and refused to assimilate with the natives. They gave up the ENTIRE country lock ,stock n barrel to the towelheads. It was like :"here, take it. We dont want it" XD!!!
RideMyBMW 1 year ago
@RideMyBMW stfu idiot, the visigoths were absorbed by the north of Spain they didnt go anywhere
tizona101 1 year ago
@RideMyBMW how fucking retarded can you be? we defend Europe from the Muslims and discover America two things that led to your fat canadian arse sitting there blabbing shit , ive never read such an idiotic comment , all you need to say is thank you
tizona101 1 year ago
@tizona101 'RideMyBMW' is just an angry indigenous immigrant, don't pay attention to him.
shauron200 1 year ago
And committed cultural and religious and ethnic genocide in the process. The WORLD thanks you! We bow down in awe for each village you have carpet bombed around the world! Your country is the new Spain! You're so full of yourself that you think that the world must thank an American Flagg as if all god things came from USA: greed and intolerance! YOU on the other hand should thank France for supporting you in your revolution! YOU should thank European enlightened thinkers for your Constitution!
bohemianwriter1 11 months ago
The Spaniards were the ONLY European nation to capItulate in its entirety to the fu%$in Islamo fascists...the garbage dump of Europe, not even the Visigoths felt Spain was worth fighting for and gave it up lock ,stock and barrel to the invading camel fu%$ers, pushing the whole of Europe to the brink of destruction.What a fu%$in disgrace of a country and people.
RideMyBMW 1 year ago
Was the Islamic rule in Spain a Fascist regime until the 1400's?
I guess the one true European Christians couldn't handle Jews, Muslims, Christians and Gypsies living side by side.So Rome had to stop this "multicultural", multireligious nonsense. Fact is that we got our renessaince ideas FROM the Arabic/Islamic culture 700 years ago! The earlier crusaders was stunned by the knowlegde, the science and ideas that was thriving from Baghdad in the east to Cordoba in the west.
bohemianwriter1 11 months ago
"science and ideas that was thriving from Baghdad in the east to Cordoba in the west."- bohemianwriter1
you wanna throw in with the sand nigs? Fine. I´m throwing in with Charles Martel and western civilization. Spaniards lost their whole country to the fu%$in towelheads. What a total disgrace.
RideMyBMW 11 months ago
@RideMyBMW
I would urge you to study some history. We got our renneissance from the Arabic/Islamic culture! While we were savages from the north raping and pillaging, they had science, medicine, astronomy.
I'm not going to call you an ignorant, redneck, inbred, illiterate gun toting, bible thumping moron just yet. Just follow the link on the left side on my channel called Bohemianwriter1s weblog. You'll figure it out if you are as smart as I hope you are....
bohemianwriter1 11 months ago
"our renneissance from the Arabic/Islamic culture! While we were savages from the north raping and pillaging" - bohemianwriter1
Sounds to me like yer just another self hating westerner.What you call rapin´ n pillagin´ I call freedom from the slavery and tyranny of Rome.Chuck Martel and his victory over the sand nigs laid the foundations for what would eventually be known as the common law and consequently the freedoms commonwealth countries (plus US) enjoy today. So fu%$ you and yer Spaniards.
RideMyBMW 11 months ago
No! I am not! I am someone who knows a little about history. I urge you to get some insight in the theme before you get into clinch with me. You see, I love history. And I jugde in impartially, and unbias. I am only bias with the Native Americans.
I have no clue about whom this Cuck Martel is. Don't stand out in history though. Makes me think of a Chuck Norris movie though.
What you are, is still hard to place though. You are not interesting enough to waste an extra 15 seconds of my life on..
bohemianwriter1 11 months ago
"no clue about whom this Cuck (sic) Martel is. Don't stand out in history though."- bohemianwriter1
LMFAO!!! Dude, you MUST be a towelhead....I think its most convenient for you NOT to know who Charles "Chuck" Martel was. After all, he only singlehandedly stopped the sand nigs from destroying all of Western Civilization at the battle of Tours, big fu$#in hello?
RideMyBMW 11 months ago
@RideMyBMW
What is your point?
Showing off one insignifigant name?
I think you ARE a little peewee not worthy of wasting time on. I guess you didn't follow my instructions either soldier!
Ahh! So filled with garbage! So much lack of brain! Only bloodthirst.... And fake pride...
bohemianwriter1 11 months ago
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"What is your point?Showing off one insignifigant name?"-bohemianwriter1
LOL! You ARE a moose-lum aren´t ya! I knew it!
RideMyBMW 11 months ago
@RideMyBMW Hahaha know the facts, you fool. Slavery existed in the Medivel times aswell. I will save you your details, but the white savage and plundering raiding other civilisations started in late medivel times, when we Persians, Greeks, Egyptians and Arabs gave you some freedom.
Kyoulicious 8 months ago
@bohemianwriter1 I agree with you, all the old physicians, philosophers, et cetera were from specialised civilisations, while the Western culture was full of gangraping eachother, bending eachother to slavery and processing their few physicians like Galileo for blasphemy...
But then the satan ship, Santa Maria, sailed on The New World and 'thought the savages how to civilise'
How ironic..
Kyoulicious 8 months ago
@Kyoulicious One werd fer you and ya sand nig friends out there: Charles fu$#in Martel.
RideMyBMW 8 months ago
@RideMyBMW For the record, I'm etnically Dutch.
Just because I am on the side of Justice doesn't mean i'm a sandnigger
And the way you respond is of such low intelligence that made me chuckle a bit. Thanks! :)
Kyoulicious 8 months ago
@Kyoulicious One werd fer you and yer fu$#in towelhead buddies: Charles fu%$in Martel.
Suck on that Omar!
RideMyBMW 8 months ago
@bohemianwriter1 I think this is understating the significance of the secular scientific revolution that originated in Europe. The understanding of the physical world that has been achieved in the past 400 years, overwhelmingly in the West, completely dwarfs the efforts of previous cultures and civilizations.
77Fortran 6 months ago
@77Fortran Seriously you think the last 400years of western dominion dwarf the achievements of previous cultures? ok.. I got a one word reply to that:
"Pyramids".
dreedee 2 months ago
@dreedee You think something like the LHC isn't incredibly more advanced than some big pyramids? Laughable!
77Fortran 2 months ago
@77Fortran OK... although both the LHC and the great Pyramids are huge scientific apparatus, the Pyramid had/has a function a purpose, an operational concept. The LHC is merely experimental, and really until they flick some bolts and turn it into ainter dimensional transport (a.k.a. whorm-hole based portal), its just a very expensive M&Ms crusher! And on that subject, the news yesterday was "scientists may have glimpse the Higgs", lets highlight that "may have". You cannot find what is not there
dreedee 2 months ago
@dreedee hehe are you on drugs? If you don't really understand how important it is to understand fundamental physics then that's a real shame! You would have no computers, internet, GPS, etc.etc. if it weren't for the findings of 'merely experimental' machines.
77Fortran 2 months ago
@77Fortran no... im not on drugs now, but, just because you mentioned it, we can wrap that up in here as well. People use substances for a variety of reasons, one of them can be for mind-expanding purposes, that is also known as the psychedelic realm. When under the influence of chemical or fully natural psico-actives (shamanic)the brain starts operating in a different wave length, allowing the experiencer to access "information" layers that were seemingly invisible to the 5 senses array.
dreedee 2 months ago
What happen to this movie I can not find it anywhere.
Slidecage 1 year ago
DEATH! to all muslims extremists!!!!!!
936justme 1 year ago
The dumb fu%$in Spaniards lost their entire country to the Islamixs and it took 'em 700 years to get it back, putting all of Europe and Western Civilization on the brink...But they sure made up for it by discovering the New World. It took a Christian Empire (Spain, then France and finally England) to discover, colonize and civilize a whole "planet" if you will. Lets rip a page outta their playbook and get our asses in gear towrads the stars.
RideMyBMW 1 year ago
@RideMyBMW : it doesn't look like the US is doing better today with all the technology we have now. How many years the US have been looking for Osama Bin Laden? How many years the war have been going on? Is the same sh%@.
936justme 1 year ago
guat eva! this is Vangelis best, i think! I soooooo " suspense and misterious"
936justme 1 year ago
I'm sure this movie is filled with a shitload of White guilt, instead of being proud our race was better, and won!
Whitevoice14 1 year ago
the best work of vangelis
javufloyd27 1 year ago
aaaay! this music is enchantiiing? it really gets you into the movie like a magic fog!!
936justme 1 year ago
great..............
Apheavenonearth94 2 years ago
Does anybody know where I can find the whole movie?
NessiMauzz 2 years ago
nice video
012345678939379 2 years ago
thus it would've been wiser for both Portugal and Spain to consolidate their power and wealth through a co-ordinated alliance. Of course the alliance we had with England brought us benefits, but those benefits were of a cirscumstancial nature since we were enemies with Spain, and England saw the opportunity of weakening Spain through us.
Omerath9 2 years ago
but even with all that, you people have to reconize Spanish Empire was larger than Portuguese one, and of course, the most profitable empire ever, with all that gold in our hands, were so fucki*g rich that we had a galloping inflation in the end, because of the gold we brought, lol
katalambda 2 years ago
the move "Elizabeth The Golden age" shows how powerful Spain was when it went to war with England... another good movie..
alsatian73 2 years ago
The Spanish empire was more powerful than the Portuguese at its peak, an undeniable fact because it was military more sophisticated, but the Portuguese empire was the wealthiest in Europe until the mid 16th century. For instance, Philip was only able to finance the Spanish Armada with the wealth he found in the Portuguese Royal Coffers. It was a shame that Portugal and Spain were enemies back then, if they were allies they could have faced the rise of the British and Dutch Empire better.
Omerath9 2 years ago
"It was a shame"??? Explain me why was that a shame. Portugal and England have one of the most ancient alliance. That friendship was able to sustain portuguese independence and helped the british to rise. So, has a portuguese I don't see the shame in there. From Spain never came good things to Portugal. We lost too many in the 60 years we had of union with Spain. So please. Can you be more specific in how it was a shame that Portugal never made an alliance with Spain.
Moscovo 2 years ago
It should be pretty obvious that everything you have mentioned obviously happened due to the fact that both Portugal and Spain were rival nations at the time, so they shouldn't be used as examples to counter what I said. And the reason to why I think it was a shame that Portugal and Spain weren't able to see past their greed and become allies (not unite), was due to the fact that they were at one point the two major forces in Europe,
Omerath9 2 years ago
I understand your point.. ;). And it is acceptable until a certain degree. As it is only a theorical analysis from my point of view. In practical terms we have to analyse the human factor.
If the people of Spain and Portugal were robots and would only use racionality analysis in their considerations then it would be of most importance an union between them, with a coordination of efforts to prevent the rising of other nations.
Moscovo 2 years ago
But the truth is that we are talking about humans (And belive it or not, I do know how the human being thinks. hehe). So there are interests, hates, greeds, money involved (to many factors to present here) that do not make that union possible to be made. So since we are individuals with free will (including the king) i do not disaprove their past decisions and i do understand the impossibility of a working alliance (at that time). Wich I do not regret obviously ;).
Best regards Omerath.
Moscovo 2 years ago
I agree with the point you are making, but I am of the opinion that the masses never truly dictated anything (only an opinion), thus I believe that what primarily made a healthy alliance impossible (not union, I never advocated for an union), was the mere greed and political incapacity of the vast majority of the noble classes because of what you said. But when you look at England, they were far more united, far more organised and far more cleansed from petty emotions than we were. Take care.
Omerath9 2 years ago
You cannot compare the size of an empire in absolut terms. Spain allways had more population then Portugal. At an aproximate rate of 4 spanish for each portuguese. What you should compare is that Spain had an empire twice as big as portuguese but with 4 times more population then Portugal. What is remarkable with the small nation of Portugal, was the great size of influence around the world with such limited resources.
Moscovo 2 years ago
In practical terms this meant that Portugal would have to defend the same size of an empire with less then half the manpower spain had. And that's something epic. Doesn't real matter the size of an empire. What matters is the amount of people that can sustain it. ;).
Best regards to all.
Moscovo 2 years ago
good summary Lysandros
Cachoeira1986 2 years ago
Indeed, Spain as a nation-state sprang up in the 15th century. The peninsula's isolation from the rest of the continent through the Pyrenees, the Reconquista, and the American colonies helped shape t he new nation. Spain, the Spanish people as a collective identity did not exist before, as they did not in the other western European countries--this would come later. But each nation also incorporated its own past to create a national history.
Lysandros 2 years ago
What ever happen to...... wow beautiful song by Vangelis ?
EasyLongLife420 2 years ago 2
One thing is the history leading up to the nation. Of course Spain didn´t pop up from nothing, it came from the alliance of Castille and Aragon, and each of those kingdoms has its own history going past the moorish ocupation, the visigothic, the roman and the ancient Iberian tribes. Just like Portugal and any other nation doesn´t just "pop up" from nothing. But it´s still incorrect to account for the people and the land previous to the creation of Spain as Spanish because of what I explained
Omerath9 2 years ago
I regard the Basque country as Spanish too is that also wrong? look Hispania was not just a name, like terra australis( Greek) cos it was occupied by Roman's that left a culture there, language and employed the Visigoths to take over ,you are right though Portugal didn't come from Spain but Spain did come from Hispania and the kingdoms
tizona101 2 years ago
century, and it´s equally stupid to use the word Spain or Espana to refer to the entire Iberian peninsula. It´s not very difficult to understand.
Omerath9 2 years ago
im sure that if you were Spanish you wouldn't have a problem with that, iv seen plenty of documentaries that refer to the beginning's or History of Spain as Basque Greek or Roman Goth im sorry but Spain didn't just pop out of nothing in the 15th century, its incorrect to say that the history or beginning of Spain started in the 15th C, and to compare the Iberian peninsula with a continent c on, even the flag and the people still use the names of the kingdoms today is that incorrect?
tizona101 2 years ago
Yes it is incorrect, because Spain is the English translation of Espana (the Castillian adaptation of the latin word Hispania, with the intent of naming the 15th century nation), the nation. Besides, Hispania is merely the latin name for the region, nothing else. Most people use Iberia to describe the region since it was the first word to describe the region previous to latin.
And because of that, it´s very stupid to say that Spain (the English translation of Espana) began before the 15th
Omerath9 2 years ago
no what im saying is that its not incorrect to use the term Spain when one refers about that area a place thats had the same name for more than 2000 years with roman occupancy its not incorrect to say that Spain began before the 15th century not as a nation but as a place that would end up been a nation with almost all its original land and name and language
tizona101 2 years ago
That´s almost as stupid as saying that all american nations come from the USA, because one nation decided to call itself after the continent.
Omerath9 2 years ago
"I guess your not European your Portuguese" - very accurate statement there. In accordance with your stupidity and ignorance.
Omerath9 2 years ago
I´ve explained it endless times, Spain did not exist. "Hispania" was merely a name for the region given by the Romans. When Spain was created, they decided to make an adaption to name their nation after "Hispania". Portugal and Spain are nations of "Hispania" (according to the roman name of that region", "Al-andalus" (according to the moorish name), and Iberia (according to the greek name if I´m not mistaken".) Spain means Espana: the nation, not Hispania, the roman name for the region.
Omerath9 2 years ago
u said it ur self kingdoms that belong to a REGION CALLED SPAIN even if not united they were part of Spain I guess your not European your Portuguese
tizona101 2 years ago
Jesus, you really have trouble understanding a simple fact. PORTUGAL WAS BORN IN 1143, SPAIN WAS BORN IN THE 15TH CENTURY, ALL HISTORY BOOKS TELL YOU THIS.
Portugal was not a kingdom of Spain, Spain did not exist in 1143.
Omerath9 2 years ago
and became independent as others joint forces
tizona101 2 years ago
ok maybe not a nation back then but still Spain, and Portugal was a kindom of Spain until it separated from Galicia
tizona101 2 years ago
Visigoth people that worked with the romans and occupied a land that had the name of Hispania a name that remains today it has everything to do with the nation cos we would be Arabs if not for them the seeds they laid are the start of the nation the reconquest of Spain
tizona101 2 years ago
yes modern" Spain" MODERN you didn't have a modern Portugal cos there was no old Portugal - LOL, wtf? Modern was in the context of the creation of the nation idiot. In the case of Portugal, it was created in 1143, long before Spain you muppet.
Omerath9 2 years ago
Quoting from wikipedia: "The unification of the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile laid the basis for modern Spain and the Spanish Empire." The latter happened in the 15th century.
Omerath9 2 years ago
yes modern" Spain" MODERN you didn't have a modern Portugal cos there was no old Portugal
tizona101 2 years ago
"when the moors came the Visigoth people infiltrated into Spain's north making them the first Spanish people with a lost nation" - Yes, a lost Visigothic nation in HISPANIA, which results in the history LEADING UP TO THE CREATION OF SPAIN THE NATION.
Carry on hopelessly clinging to your ignorance, but the fact remains that the Spanish nation was only created in the 15th Century. Before that, Spain was a collection of kingdoms, hence it did not exist as nation yet, unlike Portugal.
Omerath9 2 years ago
"Espana is a direct translation of hispania from latin to castilian which happened to be the whole area including the Portugal land" - yes, well done, because the Romans decided to name the region hispania, now tell me fool, wf does that have to do with Spain the nation?
"when the whole place was governed by a king in 567AD it makes it a kingdom" - yes, well done, but that wasn´t Spain, that was a Visigothic kingdom that was based in HISPANIA - the region. duh!!
Omerath9 2 years ago
it is the same name you ringworm ,you are good at separating through, is it incorrect to say that El CID was Spanish too? and your wrong about Portugal spotting Australia first, it was a Spanish ship Luis Vaez de Torres naming the Torres Straight u moron!
tizona101 2 years ago
Portugal´s history is very similar to Spain´s, the difference is that Portugal became a nation much earlier than Spain, about 350 years earlier. Portugal´s rivals until then were the Castillians for instance. So when I hear some retarded comments like "Portugal came from Spain" from some ignorant fool from Australia who knows fuck all about Portuguese and Spanish history it doesn´t surprise me also that he confuses the origins of the word "Hispania" with the nation Spain.
Omerath9 2 years ago
Espana is a direct translation of hispania from latin to castilian which happened to be the whole area including the Portugal land it is the same name,people from Spain espana or hispania spoke latin until around 1000AD. when the whole place was governed by a king in 567AD it makes it a kingdom , when the moors came the Visigoth people infiltrated into Spain's north making them the first Spanish people with a lost nation thats why it ended been called Spain not Andalucia
tizona101 2 years ago
No, not Spain, "Hispania"; the name the Romans gave to the region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was the name of a REGION, not the name of a NATION. When the moors invaded the Iberian Peninsula, they re-named it; "Al-Andalus". It was merely the name given to the land by the conquerors.
FACT (any history book will tell you):
The creation of the Spanish nation came about in the 15th century. Before that, the region (which was to become Spain) was divided into many kingdoms
Omerath9 2 years ago
Check any history book, ask any historian read anything about Spain´s birth as a nation and you will see it was formed in the 15th century. Anything before that were mere kingdoms. And the Romans didn´t name Spain the nation, they named the region of the Iberian Peninsula, "Hispania", just like the moors named their Iberian lands, "al-andalus", it has nothing to do with Spain as a nation, you fool.
Omerath9 2 years ago
ye you keep saying as a nation, but the start of Spain is older than that and to the rest of the world that land was referred as Spain, and thats why they call it the reconquest of Spain cos the land was already ours, and to me the Visigoth people are the real start of Spain, when was the name of Portugal firs used?
tizona101 2 years ago
yes it was a Goth kingdom that ruled Spain and was the fist king of Spain, i don't care about your kiddie history book history's more complicated than that
tizona101 2 years ago
Spain already had a king that governed all of Spain you ignorant bastard, Leovigild Visgoth king of spain from 567 to 586 he unified his country after his victory against the Galicia kingdom of the Sueves in 585,long time before Portugal spastic look deeper into things nex time you shallow bastard
tizona101 2 years ago
That was a Visigothic kingdom, Spain as a nation was only created in the 15th Century, any kiddies history book will tell you that. You are so ignorant and pathetic it´s hilarious.
Omerath9 2 years ago
of Portugal had a similar culture and language to the region of Galicia because they were practically the same region in ancient Iberia. That´s the link between Portugal and some parts of Spain; they are both Iberian nations, descendants of the Iberian regions of IBERIA, nothing to do with Spain you utter ignorant retard. Go back to primary school you ignorant muppet.
Omerath9 2 years ago
You talk so much crap it´s hilarious. Yes, Portugal was formed in 1143, and Spain as a nation was formed in the 15th Century. You can even check wikipedia if you have no history knowledge, since you are so ignorant it´s very likely the latter is the case. Until the 15th century, there was no Spain, only kingdoms, like the kingdom of Leon, Castille, etc... Their unification created Spain. Portugal did not come from Galicia you retard, Portus Cale in the North
Omerath9 2 years ago
Portugal existed prior to Spain? And you tel me that im making shit up? Portugal came from the kingdom of Galicia, just cos the kingdoms weren't joint u say that Spain didn't exist? who's the fool?
tizona101 2 years ago
spain was a collection of kingdoms? you really are a joker, kingdoms of Spain, they were Spanish kingdoms, and dont tell me that there was cultural differences between Portugal and Spain in the 15th century cos u sound like a spastic Spain was already an important place to the Romans BC the people that named it
tizona101 2 years ago
You are talking defamatory bullcrap. I´d like to see some historical sources where claims such as "Portuguese people were Spanish people everything about their culture was Spanish", and "Portugal was never bigger or wealthier than Spain", when it´s well known that Portugal existed prior to Spain, and Portugal was the wealthiest nation in Europe in the 15th century.
You are making shit up, in a defamatory manner, and you know it.
Omerath9 2 years ago
Portugal had also a huge empire not just in terms of wealth, but in land all over the world, and eventhough Spain was more powerful in military terms which was crucial for its expansions, the fact is that very few nations in Europe were able to match the Portuguese Empire.
Omerath9 2 years ago
Second of all, saying that Portugal was an independent Spanish kingdom is a ludicrous thing to say, considering the fact that Portugal´s creation was prior to Spain´s. Thirdly, saying that Portugal´s history and culture is "Spanish", considering the many cultural differences between the two nations, so much to the point that there was actually a cultural etiquette relating to being Portuguese alot earlier than Spain´s is another fallacy.
Omerath9 2 years ago
You are an absolute idiot. Not only was Portugal the wealthiest nation in Europe for almost 100 years, Portugal was also the most scientifically advanced country in Europe, which allowed it to develop the caravel for instance, crucial in the expansion of that nation. And you make so many historical mistakes, it´s hilarious. First of all, in 1000 AD Spain didn´t even exist; it was a collection of kingdoms.
Omerath9 2 years ago
Portugal was more like an independent Spanish kingdom their history blood and culture is Spanish and one cant deny that, with all their trade connections they went bankrupt
tizona101 2 years ago
yes u moron Spain was the center of the world in 1000ad and had the best weapons technology steel, medicine , who cares about Portugal's small episode,they had wealth for a wile but they never had a strong empire,get it through ur thick head Portuguese people were Spanish people everything about their culture was Spanish read more books you imbecile
tizona101 2 years ago
The fact the Portugal controlled the trade routes from Europe to Africa through the Atlantic, and then through the African - Indian and Asian trade routes, taking the monopoly from the Arabs, made Portugal the wealthiest nation in Europe, which as a consequence bankrupted Venice, and never had a city displayed so much wealth since Ancient Rome. There are many sources I can suggest you read, but I'll consider you read Martin Page´s, "First Global Village" for instance. Read history you tool.
Omerath9 2 years ago
GERMANY !!! :-)
Pit130276 3 years ago
I´m not saying that the Portuguese Empire was stronger than the Spanish, it wasn´t, we had too few armies to conquer, but it was wealthier because we kept our Empire well established in important trading posts all over the world. That´s why we were extremely rich. At its peak, only the British surpassed the Portuguese Empire in terms of wealth, because they also established powerful trading posts all over the world. I suggest ppl to study history be4 insulting others.
Omerath9 3 years ago
The Portuguese empire spread all over the world, while the Spanish only resorted to South America, that´s why the Portuguese Empire was richer. The Portuguese empire was also the wealthiest in Europe for almost 100 years. What the Spanish Empire had better, was its army which is crucial really if you want to expand, although in the early 17th Century England came into the picture as the most powerful.I´m not going into a dispute, they were all part of the most powerful, although England was t
Omerath9 3 years ago
Hi, only a minor comment saying that the spanish also did a lot of discoveries in the Pacific not only in central and south america, and they included those lands inside the empire (such as the Philippines).
Gehenna212 3 years ago
oh man, portugal was born from spain , Spain had america parts of italy germany Fillipins etc and were going to conquer England really portugal only had trade thats all
tizona101 2 years ago
Portugal became an independent nation before Spain did, and controlled the oceans from north Atlantic to Japan for almost 100 years, making it the richest nation in Europe, before Spain became powerful. Read some history.
Omerath9 2 years ago
yes independent and insignificant, Portugal was never bigger or wealthier than Spain, and it was always controlled by Spain the center of the world for 600 years and the first to circumnavigate the world
tizona101 2 years ago
Insignificant? Never wealthier than Spain? Spain the first to circumnavigate the world? Spain the center of the world for 600 years? You´re full of crap! Spain rose to power in the mid 16th century as the most powerful nation in history, but in the 100 years be4 that, Portugal was the wealthiest nation in Europe due to controlling half of the entire world's trade you utter retard! You know nothing about history, yet you make these broad defamatory claims, you´re a tool.
Omerath9 2 years ago
America,,,,,, Española.
Recogeos ante un nuevo MUNDO.
pratzen 3 years ago
Βιντεάρα και αυτό! Μπράβο!
HellenicMagic 3 years ago
" for conquered lands " correction there
Trulyloyale 3 years ago
The biggest empire for landed conquered was the chinese (even though the british was bigger than the chinese for total area, seas comprehensive).
The greatest empire was the Roman Empire,the origin of european & western civilization and whose structures are still fundamental for modern era and today world .
Trulyloyale 3 years ago
Replace "Chinese" with Mongols and you'll have it right.
InstantcCereal 3 years ago
You're right InstantcCereal, many people ( and I'm among those) should say and write Mongols, which is absolutely correct and proper than saying Chinese uncorrectly .
Thanks for you clarifying that : once on a while there are some skilled & cultured people on this site.
See you
Trulyloyale 3 years ago
I agree, althrough I do not think it´s so Roman-specific. In general, classical grecorroman culture (and without doubt it was the Romans the ones who spreaded it throughly) was likely the most influential in western civilization and thought.
Zardozthedestroyer 3 years ago
so goood nice work man
sultanuss 4 years ago
"Greatest empire ever was the Ottoman Empire"
Thankfully, it was (finally) defeated and buried. Glory to God!
margarethoxha 4 years ago
Greatest Empire was the Portuguese empire!!!
Portugal was a country that sun never set!
Since Brasil untill Macau em Timor, passing by Angola, Mozambique, Cabo Verde, S.Tomé e Píncipe, Guiné-Bissau and 3 towns in India( Goa, Damão and Dio).
pgrundell 4 years ago
Not as large as Spain was
katalambda 4 years ago
Besides, everybody knows that Portugal is just a piece of Spain in denial.
Zardozthedestroyer 3 years ago
Not True
balthasarEF 3 years ago
Like I said, in denial.
Zardozthedestroyer 3 years ago
The Romans named the areas separately, Lusitania- (Portugal) & Hispania- (Spain)
alsatian73 2 years ago
Negative. Portugal and Spain are all part of the so called roman Hispania (what is now called as Iberian peninsula).
Lusitania was just an area of the acient Hispania (It's an area that include some parts of the actual Portugal and Spain).
Moscovo 2 years ago
but more succesful with explorations and discoveries...
alsatian73 2 years ago
The British Empire eclypsed the Portugese Empire 10 times over.
balthasarEF 3 years ago
but you must admit, the timing of the Portuguese rise to power was essential to its discoveries and success for Portugal and Europe as a whole...
alsatian73 2 years ago
I'm spanish but i do reconize it,Of Course it was essential, cause indeed it opened the Age of Explorations, both empires were great, the Portuguese exploring and stablishing trade ports, and the spanish creating an empire and discovering new lands, of course not to mention i totally desagree the treaty the spanish gave to the indians in that territories but that's another thing, Spain was the first proto-state in Europe since Rome fell, the culture, traditions,etc
katalambda 2 years ago
the spanish heritage is just outstanding and sooo extended nowadays, and of course, i feel proud of being spaniard.
katalambda 2 years ago
Yeah, until the Siege of Vienna.
balthasarEF 3 years ago
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Greatest empire ever was the Ottoman Empire
ErgunAygun 4 years ago
I'm afraid that the Ottoman Empire ranks 19th in landmass and 23rd in population (according to wikipedia).
babylonianman 4 years ago
hehehe, you sank him ^^
Harmaol88 4 years ago
Sorry but the greatest Empire ever was the Mongolian Empire
SenecaTheYounger 4 years ago
Is this a competition about who had the "biggest" empire?
According to Wikipedia:
1.British Empire - 36.6 million km²(1922)
2.Mongol Empire - 33.2 million km²(1268)
3.Russian Empire - 22.8 million km²(1895)
4.Soviet Union - 22.4 million km²(1989)
5.Spanish Empire - 19 million km²(1759-1788)
The Mongol Empire was the largest "contiguous" empire.
babylonianman 4 years ago
Right but do we speak more Russian in the world or Spanish?...
But agreed English..man..But it's funny how Spanish is already the second langauge of the United states not legally though..why?
hmm maybe because of an empire..
^_^
Nueva Espana!?
hmmm.
FictitiousX 4 years ago
There are approximately 500 million hispanohablantes in the world (400 native speakers & 100 as second language). Whereas "only" 255 million speak Russian and those speaking English exceed the 1 billion (380 million natives).. I don't know if we should be speaking of an new Spanish empire pero me gusta que en unos anos los gringos seran obligados aprender espanol..:)
babylonianman 4 years ago
Portugal- the first Global empire
alsatian73 2 years ago
Your are right.
SenecaTheYounger 4 years ago
Yes, fascinating. All empires fall though...
SmiertSpionem 4 years ago
By land mass you mean.
balthasarEF 3 years ago
los españoles fueron los primeros en ponerle en la madre a mexico.
davidkruspe 4 years ago
y eso qué significa?
Zardozthedestroyer 3 years ago
Stunning music...stunning movie (one of my favourites)..perfect combination. This was my first movie I saw in a cinema..I was 8 years old...it's a moment I'll never forget
SherryCee 4 years ago
this is a cool song! and the movie was pretty cool too.
OukaHimura123 4 years ago
Cristobal Cólon! Viva Espana!
wtonckens 4 years ago
A great film! One of my top 10 favorite movies of all time.
metalbikini2002 4 years ago
The song is "Hispaniola" !
Cuiintalpa 4 years ago
Vangelis really is one of the best soundtrack composers of our times!
Lysandros 4 years ago 2