Spanish Armada was built by king Phillip
The Berlin Blockade<span> (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the </span>Cold War<span>. During the </span>multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany<span>, the </span>Soviet Union<span> blocked the </span>Western Allies<span>' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of </span>Berlin<span> under Western control. The Soviets offered to drop the blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced </span>Deutsche mark<span> from </span>West Berlin<span>.</span>
Contacts with Muslim scholars and their preserved Greek and Roman texts brought the Europeans a wealth of knowledge about medicine, art, and government, much of which contributed to the "<span>a. Renaissance Era" since this was a new age of science and art. </span>