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Intro and historical context
Spain is in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula and is currently ruled by Mariano Rajoy since December 21st, 2011. Spain is a sovereign state and a member state of the European Union. Spain is the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union. Spain is Famous for their Bullfights festival of tomatoes and so much more. Each one of these things resembles a certain part of Spanish culture. Bullfights in Spain first started in 711-1492 A.D. Spanish knights would hunt the wild life of the Liberian, but most wildlife was too easy and wouldn’t help the knights with their pugnacious instincts. Although there was an animal who would rather put up a die fighting than flee like most animals, the Liberian bull. The festival of tomatoes has several back stories but the one that caught my eye was there was a festival (Little Rabbit) and wild life was eating the watermelon the people were supposed to eat, so to scare the animals away they began to throw tomatoes and one missed and hit someone, and as usual the person through another tomato and a fight began. The next year on this festival the fight was recreated and continued for several more years.

Spain was one of the most powerful world empires of the 16th and 17th century. Spain remained neutral during World War 1 and 2, but suffered a devastating civil war during 1936 and did not end until 1939. Although Spain went through a very brutal civil war, its end result was a peaceful transition into a democracy. This followed the death of Franco in 1975. The economy of Spain had an increase in modernization during this transition. Before Spain became a democracy it was in a dictatorship, their dictator was Francisco Franco. Franc...

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...iry, had to stop. In the mid 1990’s the amount of agriculturally productive land in Spain has had an increase through irrigation and the conversion of the fallow lands. The amount of arable land that Spain is 27.44% and the amount of permanent crops is 9.29%.

Urban
What is the relationship between the urban environment and the revolution?

Industrial
Did the nation industrialize?
Did the revolution lead to industrial changes?
What is the status of development in your country?

Conclusion
Was the revolution, and its aftermath, in general, good or bad for the people in the country?
How does my nation fit into the modern world, the world of today?
What essential questions can I connect to my revolution?
What is the state of the country now?
What were the long term impacts of the revolution?
Why does this region/location matter to human geography?

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