Question

What country was the greatest power in Europe up to the middle of the sixteenth century?

Answer 1

Answer Spain.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Although England was an island seafaring nation, Spain was the undisputed superpower of the seas in the 16th century. Many of England's adventurous sea captains found that plundering Spanish ships was a far simpler means of acquiring wealth than establishing colonies.
• Spain enjoyed a cultural golden age in the 16th and 17th centuries, as Europe's foremost power. From 1580 to 1640 the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire were conjoined in a personal union of its Habsburg monarchs, during the period of the Iberian Union, the empires continued to be administered separately.
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Answer 2

Answer: Spain enjoyed a cultural golden age in the 16th and 17th centuries as Europe's foremost power. From 1580 to 1640 the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire were conjoined in a personal union of its Habsburg monarchs, during the period of the Iberian Union, though the empires continued to be administered separately.

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