The Spanish Empire: The World's First Superpower

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People, the key word here is world as in global. No other empire did that until Spain.

The world first super power is the Persian Empire.

Rome was a superpower and it preceded Spain as a superpower.

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They were not colonies, they were viceroyalties.I recommend you read about the laws of burgos. America's first university is still open in Mexico,the first railway was built in Cuba and not in Spain.Spain did not steal any gold, it used it to create cities and infrastructures.The black legend is something spread by the English and French, with very obvious interests. Spain dominated the oceans and that is very important in geostrategy. Why do you think the North Atlantic Union (NATO) exists?

Honestly, I’m glad this documentary was made and I really wish more and more historians and non-historians actually watch these documentaries because I’m so sick of the Moore’s, the Berbers the Arabs. I’m so sick of their association with Spain when those losers had their day, but eventually were defeated by the TRUE Spanish people!!!!The true Spanish people are white Christians

Excellent video but you are missing the fact that Spain was even more powerful territorialy than you explain in your channel.
Nevertheless, Spain was a juggernaut country thanks to their brave sailors and explorers that Opened up the Age of Discovery and mapped out the entire planet before anybody else!! Long Live Spain: ARRIBA España 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸

Daddy was a Spaniard. Momma was Aztec. They had sex and now live in Mexico

You are missing the african spanish territories (spanish morocco, Ifni, Canary Islands, spanish Sahara, Fernando Poo and rio muni)

I love that in a video about the Spanish Empire, the comments are filled with people salty about the British Empire. Living rent-free in your heads, even in 2023.

The Spanish empire was the weakest and most vulnerable empire in all of her history………they had the world”s worst navy and the most cowardly army in all of her history and that’s what lead to her downfall……..their disastrous defeats against Britain 🇬🇧 were spectacular as it was the beginning of the end for the world’s most cowardly empire which we all know it was the gypsy spanish empire and the rise and a new beginning of a superpower empire like no other which we all know it became the mighty British 🇬🇧 Empire…….where the sun never sets………and because of the world’s weakest and most cowardly empire that ever existed which was the Spanish empire………Britain 🇬🇧 took advantage of her weak situation and snatched her power and that included her colonies,her lands in America and even a chunk of Spanish territory which we all know is Gibraltar…….and be used of this……actually because of the mighty British 🇬🇧 Royal Navy……..the entire world 🌎 speaks English………as the English language is now the most widely and highly spoken language in the planet today………1 .5billion people speaks English beating the Chinese……..the English language is the language of power and prestige and the language of the gods,Kingz and emperors…….while the Spanish language is known as the language of the poor………the language of gypsies……..and most of all the language of peasants and low income class people…….also let’s not forget how gypsy Spain was victimized by the mighty imperial French empire 🇫🇷 of Napoleón and how Napoleón treated Spain as his B1tch which eventually the gypsy coward king of Spain the feminist and transgender Fernanda VII became Napoleón’s personal b1tch😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂and how easily napoleon decimated the weakest army in the world the gypsy Spanish army and that’s how fast napoleon was able to conquered spain…….with his eyes closed in less than 20 seconds……..and there u have it……..the world’s weakest and most cowardly empire ever which was the gypsy Spanish empire………Gloria and nuestra gloriosa y toda poderosa madre patria la grandiosa Gran Bretaña 🇬🇧 and big ups to my beloved powerful homeland of USA 🇺🇸 and still Fuck LaperraputaEspaña ole, ole 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Viva España!

Wouldn’t one conclude the mongols under Kublai Khan were the first real superpower?

El primer imperio con territorio en los 5 continentes. Y en America, desde Alasca hasta Argentina, es increible.

"El sol nunca se pone en el imperio español"-- Frase copiada luego por los piratas ingleses

Very nice

Mongols : you guys are funny

Portugal was the first world superpower not Spain.

Ok so the Spanish was the first superpower so why do these historians and so called smart people say that rome india and china all ancient places were the first superpowers who lying them or you

And don't forget that the iberians Spain 🇪🇸 and Portugal 🇵🇹 had the tratado de tordesillas the only people that conquered the whole world. History has the paper work to prove it.

You are showing only the 60% of the Spanish empire

Have we forgotten about ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, or Mongolia FAR before Spain even existed? Superpower, yes. First, not by a long shot.

So an Italian made them great? Good to know 😉

Wrong the first european super power was Portugal, and Golden king, and only was the spain

💪🏻😎.... Awesome European history

The worlds second* You forget the Portuguese were pioneers in the Discoveries, had the first global empire and opened the trade routes for the Europeans nations.

First European world power not the world

Within the past thousand years. Spain set the groundwork and pace for global interconnection and commerce.

More than 2 billion people don't believe what the title of this video says.😂😂😂

Actually first empire was portuguese

WRONG THE FIRST POWER OF THE WORLD AND CIVILIZATION WAS AFRICA.

The 1º super power was Portugal. Because it was the 1º global impire. Only after you have Spain, Netherlands, France and England.
Cheers.

this video should be renamed, "How Spain became the worlds 2nd Superpower after Portugal".

Egypt was the world first super power in the ancient world...

the Akkadian empire was an older superpower

Portugal started its overseas empire before Spain did.

They were shaped by the reconquista.

Spain also saved Europe from Islamization

that the italians french dutch english who spread the black legend spanish go f.u.c.k themselves

Spain"the empire on which the sun never sets"
the dollar, the yuan and many other currencies are the heirs of the real of ocho, the first global currency
an empire that lasted four centuries

the Astics disappear known caused by alien abductions but the true cause was the Europeans who innihilated them for the treasures they possess.

FUN FACT: Spain had 3 small colonies in Canada: Terra Nova ( New Foundland ) St. Pedro (St. Pierre Island) and Fuerte de San Miguel (Fort San Miguel) on Vancouver Island.
the name for Canada comes from the Spanish word "Cañada" which means "pathway"

Nowhere near enough mention of Spanish brutality and far too generous an interpretation of how the colonisers planned to destroy the,indigenous existing systems. If you’re telling a story like this you have to tell it fully.

No mention of the European domains?

Why so limited information about Spanish Colonization in the Philippines, which I think they were just co-equal importance to contribution to the growth and decline of Spain? Why only focus to their American territories?

Spain was from the country of Andalusia, and they were a Muslim country that established the Umayyad era and the Abbasid era, but because of a war, everything disappeared.

1st big empire was in fact PORTUGAL

Some minor quibbles but important to mention. Spain actually explored as far north as Alaska and established outposts there (there's still Spanish named geographic features there to this day). California was not the northernmost area of New Spain, however it was when Mexico became independent. Also other areas as far north as modern day Montana were also claimed historically by Spain.

Secondly, also a quibble. The viceroyalty of Peru produced most of the silver for the Spanish Empire throughout the 1500s. However by the mid 1600s, the viceroyalty of New Spain (Mexico) was the largest producer of silver for the Spanish Empire eclipsing Bolivian/Peru production for nearly the last 200 years of colonization.
In fact it was during the Mexican period of silver production that the Spanish currency the piece of eight became the first truly global reserve currency used in trade in Europe, east Asia, Africa, the British colonies, etc.

Spanish empire saved Christianity & brought much of the Christianity to North & South America.