They were looking for wealth.
They made many political allies.
They sought a new route to Asia.
They brought Spain great wealth.
They attracted a great deal of interest in Spain.
Nelson Mandela was referred as one of the great figures in the past century for many reasons. First of all, Nelson Mandela was an anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president. Second of all, major events and achievements that Nelson Mandela consummated in his life is in 1952, Mandela leads the defiance campaign which encouraged people to break segregation laws and he passed an exam in order to be an attorney, and with Tambo, establishes the first black law partnership in the country. In 1961, he helps establish ANC guerilla wing, Umkhunto we sizwe, or spear of the nation. And last but not least, in 1994, Nelson Mandela became the first black president after democratic elections as an achievement that will never be forgotten in black history.
Richard the Lion heart led an English army, but he and his fellow kings failed to drive Arabs from Jerusalem. Saladin and Richard the Lionheart are two names that tend to dominate the Crusades.
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An earlier event that is an example to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.
As for that... The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington, ultimately under the command of American Revolutionary war veteran Major James McFarlane.
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