<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKufikia wakati wa Vita vya Hispania na Marekani mwaka 1898, milki ya Hispania ya Enzi ya Dhahabu ilikuwa imepunguzwa na kuwa ndogo sana.  <response>: By the time of the Spanish American War of 1898, the Spanish empire of the Golden Age had been whittled to insignificance. 