 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kukunda kwavakaita nzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzokuAmerica kwakaita kuti Spain ive simba guru reEurope muzana remakore rechi16, zvichiita kuti irambe ichirwisana neFrance uye England iyo yakanga yava nesimba. Mukuwedzera, madzimambo ainamata zvikuru Charles V naPhilip II vakazvionera vamene basa savadziviriri vokutenda kweKaturike mukurwisana nechiIslam muMediterranean, uye mukurwisana nechiPurotesitendi kuchamhembe kweEurope. Ikoku kwakareva kuti Umambo hweSpain hwakanga huri muhondo nguva dzose. Pamatambudziko ose aya, Hondo Yamakore Makumi Masere ndiyo yakatora nguva refu kupfuura dzose uye yakava nomugumisiro mukuru pamari dzeSpain uye pamudzimu wevanhu veSpain, avo vakaona mitero ichiwedzera uye varwi vasingazodzoki, pasina kubudirira kwakanyanya kuenzanisa zviyero. Hurumende yeSpain yaifanira kuzivisa kuti yakanga yabhuroka kanoverengeka. Vanhu vokuSpain vakatanga kuramba vachifunga kuti hondo yokuNetherlands yakanga isingakoshi. Kurasikirwa nePortugal muna 1640uye Rugare rweWestphalia muna 1648, rwakagumisa hondo yacho, zvaiva zviratidzo zvokutanga zvokuti basa roUmambo hweSpain muEurope rakanga richiderera. 