Spain: A Primary Source Cultural Guide

by Graham Faiella

Spain occupies most of a peninsula that it shares with Portugal in southwestern Europe. Under Muslim control for nearly 800 years, Spain enjoyed the introduction of new farming techniques, magnificent palaces, mosques, gardens, and public baths. Christians conquered Spain in 1722. Spain became a powerful empire in the 16th and 17th centuries. Catholic monarchs sent conquistadors to conquer, convert, and extract riches from native population in the...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823940020
• ISBN13: 9780823940028
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: PowerKids Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.2" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 8