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  NationMaster - Statistics on Spain. 4171 facts and figures, stats and information on Spanish economy, crime, people, ...
Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England.
In the second half of the 20th century, Spain has played a catch-up role in the western international community; it joined the EU in 1986.
Spain is a decentralized country divided in 17 communities and 2 cities (Ceuta, Melilla).
www.nationmaster.com /country/sp   (1026 words)

  
 Holy Warriors & Asiatics Extinguish Islamic Science
A form of soap appeared in Moorish Spain in the 8th century where it was made with goat fat and ashes.
When the 'Mohammadans' were driven out of Spain by Christian knights from the north, Christian savagery turned on the Jews, who numerically had barely recovered from the previous Christian assault under the Catholic Visigothic kings.
And Spain, a land which once had led Europe in science, art and literature, a land of scholars, merchants and knights, became a place of beggars, friars, and bandits.
www.jesusneverexisted.com /wrath-of-god.html   (2924 words)

  
 Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of November 28
Born in Saragossa, Spain, 1737; died October 1811; canonized 1954 by Pope Pius XII; feast day formerly on November 11.
Born of a Spanish mother and a princely Italian father, Saint Joseph, a Spanish grandee, was educated in Saragossa.
When Charles III banished the Jesuits from Spain in 1767, Father Pignatelli and his fellow Jesuits went to Corsica, where they were forced to leave when the French, who had also banished the Jesuits, occupied the island.
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/1128.htm   (3080 words)

  
 Book Shelf - Recommended Judiac Books
Drawn from the rich lodes of Jewish through and practice, the book will help the reader enter the joy and holiness of the Sabbath, for the better we understand the deeper content of the day and what it represents, the better we enter into its higher universe.
ritten by the outstanding Kabbalistic giant Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla, who lived in Spain from 1248-1323, GATES OF LIGHT was considered by the ARI to be the key to the mystical teachings.
The work consists of ten chapters explaining each of the Ten Sefirot in turn, their associated qualities and Divine Names, and the terms and images which allude to them in the Bible, Zohar and other Kabbalistic texts.
www.headcoverings-by-devorah.com /BookShelf.htm   (2968 words)

  
 Library Index
Short biography of Princess Elizabeth (Isabel) of Aragon, who became the queen of King Dinis of Portugal, and ultimately was raised to the honors of the altar as St. Elizabeth of Portugal.
She was born in Saragossa, Spain, around 1271.
The daughter of King Pedro III of Aragon and Queen Constanza, she was named for her great-aunt St. Elizabeth of Hungary.
www.ewtn.com /library/indexes/MARY.htm   (16758 words)

  
 February 13 Events in History
February 13, 1816 Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire
February 13, 1809 French take Saragossa, Spain after a long siege
February 13, 1668 Treaty of Lisbon: Spain recognizes Portugal
www.brainyhistory.com /days/february_13.html   (1988 words)

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