Explanation: Between 1518 and 1548, the Spanish conquerors conquered most of the New World motivated by the exploitation of resources and with the aim of converting these new territories into Spanish Crown domains, under arguments imposed by it as were the distribution of the lands explored among European colonizing countries, as well as the right to dispose of mineral resources such as gold and native products at will by simply discovering those territories.
One of the ways in which the Crusades brought about the end of the Dark Ages in Europe was that they (by accident) opened up a variety of new trade routes, which led to increased travel and cultural diffusion. This was thought to be the "spark in the dark" as the Enlightenment.
