Christopher Columbus' voyage to the New World was financed and supported by Ferdinand II of Aragon and his wife Isabella I of Castile, the King, and Queen of Aragon. The couple became known as the "Catholic Monarchs".
Christopher Columbus mentioned in his diary that it was the couple who sponsored his expedition. Talking about the year 1492, Columbus wrote, <em>"In the same month in which their Majesties [Ferdinand and Isabella] issued the edict that all Jews should be driven out of the kingdom and its territories, in the same month they gave me the order to undertake with sufficient men my expedition of discovery to the Indies."</em> And that same year, the monarchs ordered the expulsion of Muslims and Jews from Spain.
<h3>e.became divided into northern and southern halves.</h3>
Explanation:
With the end of World War II, Korea became divided into northern and southern halves when the northern territory of Korea was occupied by the Soviet Union and the south by the United States.
As tensions grew after the declaration of the Soviet–Japanese War, the 38th Parallel was demarcated to draw a boundary between North and South Korea as the two sides had many differences. The war between the two sides finally ended in 1953 after an armistice.
Great Britain played a role in the Louisiana Purchase by pushing France to extreme anxiety through war. Great Britain's war with France resulted in Napoleon needing money to finance the conflict. As a result, he was forced to sell Louisiana to the US in order to raise funds
