Here we talk about the world's first global superpower.
Was the mass influx of precious metals really the only reason for gigantic inflation? Only one fifth of all precious metals from the New World actually went to Spain, the so-called "King's fifth".
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There is an old poem by Francisco Quevedo that says that gold was "born in the Indies.... And goes to Genoa to die." Geoffrey Parker posits that the Spanish Empire had showed signs of decline by the early to mid 17th century.
>the world's first superpower
>not Portugal
nigga u done goofed
>Implying that Portugal was even on Castile level
Bitch Izzy show you the place were you belong moustache fuckers
nigga a quick search for "first global empire" will provide you with the answers you need.
To reply to the thread and stop this pissing competition, one fifth of the gold went direcly to THE CROWN. There was also a lot of gold that came to spain but not direcly to the king.
The problem wasrhe lack of centralization and how little Aragon,Valencia and Catalonia contributed. Olivares did nothing wrong and both Portuguese and Catalans should be hanged on sight
>not even 5 replies and portuguese butthurt already echoes through the thread
>"first global empire"=first super power
Uhm sweetie I wouldn't be so sure
Administrative collapse under the weight of trying to be the Holy Roman Emperor as well as the Emperor of the new world. Lack of population density to actually settle all the lands they controlled. In ability to increase the productivity of the land they have hardly. Centuries of war depleting their population.
When Spain sailed to England to turn it back Catholic that was the signs of a super power. They quickly declined after the failed armada.
The first superpowers were the US and USSR m8. Spain was, and is not a superpower. They were a global empire