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As of 2004 Spain had some 2,000+ book publishers in the private sector, including Prensa Española , and Prisa. [7] As of 2013 there were 809 publishing enterprises. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization designated Madrid the 2001 World Book Capital .
Spain's history during the nineteenth century was tumultuous, and featured alternating periods of republican-liberal and monarchical rule. The Spanish–American War led to losses of Spanish colonial possessions and a series of military dictatorships, during which King Alfonso XIII was deposed and a new Republican government was formed.
Spain lost French Flanders and northern part of the Principality of Catalonia. 1665: Philip IV died. [10] The Spanish Empire had reached approximately 12.2 million square kilometers (4.7 million square miles) in area 1668: The Treaty of Lisbon was signed. Spain recognized the sovereignty of Portugal's new ruling dynasty, the House of Braganza. 1675
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain.Fighting both with Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific as-Sayyid ("the Lord" or "the Master"), which would evolve into El Çid (Spanish: [el ˈθið], Old Spanish: [el ˈts̻id]), and the Spanish honorific El Campeador ("the Champion").
Works about Francoist Spain (2 C, 4 P) H. History books about Spain (2 C, 17 P) T. Television series about the history of Spain (16 P)
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The work is a history of Spain chiefly over the course of 2000 years, though with some consideration of earlier periods; one part of it, for instance, describes the existence of Homo antecessor (a predecessor of human beings) who has been unearthed as living in what is now Spain 800,000 years ago, as well as the discovery of Neanderthal remains in a place such as Gibraltar.
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... History books about Spain (2 C, 17 P) S. Spanish Civil War books (2 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Books about Spain"