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spanish empire: 573 years vs. british empire: 346 years


the spanish empire lasted 227 years longer than the british empire, predating it by 201 years and outlasting it by 26 years..

the imperial rule of españa thus overshadows that of britain by quite an ample margin.. fact!



it wasn't the fall from her 16th-floor penthouse that killed her, it was the landing

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it wasn't the fall from her 16th-floor penthouse that killed her, it was the landing

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It's not about how long it is, but what you do with it.

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Exactly. Longevity, in this case, in Spanish Empire after the Armada and the subsequent similar enterprises, could be very much likened to a long, slow, agonizing exsanguination. After several fatal cuts made in close succession, the Empire was effectively slowly bleeding to death.

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