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?? ? By: Theresa Birch October 14, 2009 Period: 5 The History and Geography of Spain Spain was created in 1479, after King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile married and they united their kingdoms and several other regions under one monarchy and sponsored the journeys of European explorers, helping to establish a wealthy Spanish empire. They led the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim rulers, who had been there since the 8th century. During the rule of these two monarchs Spain began to acquire a massive overseas empire, and the Spanish ?Golden Age? occurred in the sixteen and seventeenth centuries.
