Why did the Portuguese and Spanish lead the 15th century wave of exploration?

“the iliad” (gr: “iliás”) is an epic poem by the ancient greek poet homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the trojan war and the greek siege of the city of troy (which was also known as ilion, ilios or ilium in ancient times).

social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they liv

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to appoint and regulate officers of the land and naval forces,

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how is this a question? but yes, they were. if i recall correctly, it was very handy for native americans to use buffalo skin.