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MODERN AGE IN SPAIN (2) - Coggle Diagram
MODERN AGE IN SPAIN (2)
CARLOS I (1516 - 1556) 
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HE WAS ALSO THE RULER OF GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS AND A LARGE PART OF THE ITALIAN PENINSULA. THIS IS WHY HE HAD THE TITTLES OF CARLOS I OF SPAIN AND CARLOS V OF GERMANY
BEFORE CARLOS II DIED, HE DIVIDED HIS KINDOM IN TWO. HE GAVE HIS "GERMANIC" EMPIRE TO HIS BROTHER, FERNANDO. HIS SON, FELIPE II INHERITED HIS "SPANISH" EMPIRE, WICH INCLUDED SPAIN, NETHERLANDS, ITALY AND PARTS OF THE AMERICAS
FELIPE II (1556 - 1598)
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THERE WERE ALSO WARS AND CONFLICTS DURING FELIPE II´S REIGN BUT THIS ARMY WON IMPORTANT BATTLES AT SEA AND ON LAND
HE WON THE BATTLE OF LEPANTO IN 1571 TO STOP THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (NOW TURKEY) FROM CONTROLLING THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
IN 1580, SPAIN CONQUERED PORTUGAL AND CONTROLLED THE IBERIAN PENINSULA. WITH THIS VICTORY, FELIPE II INHERITED THE PORTUGUESE TERRITORIES, SUCH AS BRAZIL, ANGOLA AND THE MAULUKU ISLANDS
THE RENAISSANCE
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MANY EVENTS INFLUENCED: THE EXPLORATION OF THE AMERICAS AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST SPANISH LENGUAGE GRAMMAR BOOK, GRAMÁTICA CASTELLANA, BY ANTONIO NEBRIJA
FELIPE II ORDERED THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOME OF SPAINS´S MOST IMPORTANT RENAISSANCE BUILDINGS SUCH AS ROYAL SITE OF SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL
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HIS PAINTINGS, OFTEN RELIGIOUS SCENES OR PORTRAITS, INCLUDED THE USE OF PERSPECTIVE, HUMAN FIGURES AND LIGHT BRUSHSTOKES