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Spain
Spain is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Parts of it were ruled by Carthage, Rome and Islamic states such as the Umayyads and Almoravids before the Christian kingdoms completed the Reconquista. United Spain built the Spanish Empire, conquering the Aztec Empire, and competed with Portugal, Britain and the Dutch.

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