Spain dates back to the fifth century A.D., when the Visigoth established a Germanics successor state in the former Roman diocese of Hispania. In the late fifteenth century, Spain acquired its current borders and was united under a personal union of crowns by Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile. Recurrent political instability, military intervention in politics, frequent breakdowns of civil order, and periods of repressive government has characterized modern Spanish history. The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), claimed more than 500,000 lives, recapitulated on a larger scale and more brutal conflicts that had erupted periodically for generations. These conflicts centered on social and political roles of the Roman Catholic Church, class differences, and struggles for regional autonomy on the part of Basque and Catalan nationalities.
Today, Spain is the second largest country in Europe. For more than 30 years, it was cut off from the rest of the world under the dictatorship......
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