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Quote[/b] (Hamburglar @ Sep. 29 2003,22:57)]Yeah but they had more land than most of the others had, plus they fought against tough armies to do it. The Spanish Empire involved shooting down guys that were still in the Dark Ages militarily.
Not quite. spain at its prime was a definite Europeans power too. Later on, if the unification of the French and spanish crown was to take place the world as we know it would be totally different.

On the other hand i just like worldwide empires, so i'm pretty suspicious

It's really hard to compare golden ages.