>Iberians expelled muslim invaders
>muslims still controlled East-West trade
>portuguese maritime trade routes to India and China together with Spanish wealth from the Americas, especially the Silver that China needed badly, turned Europe into the World's Center of Trade and inflated Ottoman economy severely weakening them
>spanish tercios defending Austria
>Battle of Lepanto
Which people did as much to protect the West as iberians?
>>3180398
The U S of A baby
>>3180407
Iberians discovered the Americas, and Spaniard aid was key for the americans winning their independence.
>>3180417
>nodic mustard race gets to america
>dies
>spaniards arrive to america
>one of the biggest empires the world has ever seen