Crash Course World History I: The Spanish Empire, Silver, and Runaway Inflation
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Host John Green explores how Spain went from being a middling European power to one of the most powerful empires on Earth, thanks to their plunder of the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries. Learn how Spain managed to destroy the two biggest pre-Columbian civilizations, mine a mountain made of silver, mishandle their economy, and lose it all by the mid-1700s. Part of the "Crash Course World History" series.
Media Details
Runtime: 10 minutes 5 seconds
- Topic: Geography, History
- Subtopic: Spain, World Geography, World History - 1450-1799
- Grade/Interest Level: 9 - 12
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- Release Year: 2012
- Producer/Distributor: Complexly
- Series: Crash Course World History I
- Writer: Christine Lowe
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