Why were King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain willing to finance Columbus? They were free to do so after recapturing Granada
They did not want Columbus to sail for England.
The Portuguese were gaining an advantage over Spain.

the treaty of brest-litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 march 1918 between the new bolshevik government of russia and the central powers (german empire, austria-hungary, bulgaria, and the ottoman empire), that ended russia's participation in world war i.

he risk-return relationship. generally, the higher the potential return of an investment, the higher the risk. there is no guarantee that you will actually get a higher return by accepting more risk. diversification enables you to reduce the risk of your portfolio without sacrificing potential returns.

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