Pod'em Ispanskoi imperii. Reki zolota - Tomas Kh'iu

The unification of Castile and Aragon and the creation of the Spanish kingdom...
Reconquista and the expulsion of the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula...
The discovery of the New World and the beginning of its conquest...
In the 16th century, a huge empire appeared on both sides of the Atlantic, over which the sun never set over possessions.
Two generations of pioneers, colonizers, rulers and missionaries paved the way for the flourishing of the Catholic state. Balboa and Pizarro, Cortez and Ponce Leon are the people whose thirst for gold, cruelty and religious fanaticism, but at the same time luck, fearlessness and enterprise have long ensured the prosperity of Spain.
What was it like? How did the rise of the Spanish Empire take place?
Read about it in a fascinating study by the British historian Hugh Thomas.