Shocking Facts About the Spanish Empire

Modern-day Spain is a largely peaceful, reasonably prosperous nation that rarely finds itself embroiled in wars of conquest or thrust to the centre of world affairs. This hasn’t always been the case. The Spanish Empire was once one of the largest empires the world has ever seen, spanning almost ten percent of the world’s land mass. It led the brutal conquest and colonisation of the Americas, possessed immense wealth, and shaped the modern world. In this list we’ll take a closer look at the Spanish Empire, and some of the reasons it was hated by so many of its inhabitants. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Our other YouTube Channels: Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ/ Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw/ Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Other TopTenz Videos: The Ships That Changed Naval History https://youtu.be/D-mvJBDc_iA The World’s Lesser Known Secret Societies https://youtu.be/YfXXP-53Lyg Text version: https://ift.tt/2uHG5PM Coming up: 10. The Royal Family was Dangerously Inbred 9. Spain’s Discovery of the Americas led to Millions of Deaths 8. The Spanish Empire Destroyed the Aztec Empire 7. The Spanish Empire Destroyed the Incan Empire 6. The Spanish Inquisition Destroyed Lives 5. The Spanish Empire Took Millions of Slaves 4. The Spanish Armada Could Have Changed the Course of History 3. Spain Still Managed to go Bankrupt 2. The Spanish Empire’s Brutality Helped Cost her its Colonies 1. The Spanish Empire Pioneered the Use of Concentration Camps Source/Further reading: https://ift.tt/2Za6T7v https://ift.tt/2Gz6KUA https://ift.tt/357MC65 https://ift.tt/3i3VXzs https://ift.tt/3lQI2ix https://ift.tt/32TTuRK https://ift.tt/3bsz9Hl https://ift.tt/3h3KPkK https://ift.tt/2i9a3Vj https://ift.tt/2Divyhe https://ift.tt/2Eekaye https://ift.tt/2NoLYoZ https://ift.tt/2NqKgnk https://ift.tt/31ZUq7V https://ift.tt/3h7coJX https://ift.tt/355buvr https://ift.tt/3k1YdYT https://ift.tt/3i7tWXS https://ift.tt/3jSd4EO https://ift.tt/356oXDa https://ift.tt/2QYBaBK https://ift.tt/2EbSErd https://ift.tt/3jKdnBy https://ift.tt/2Z9WBUM https://ift.tt/335aBAa https://ift.tt/1ENhLon https://ift.tt/3lQI2z3 https://ift.tt/3jOZfXP https://ift.tt/31YixEa https://ift.tt/31ZUzIv