The Aegean!

Things I never knew before Spain:

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May 30th 2005
-that seeing my laptop, looking at the amazingly high-tech LCD monitor and typing on it could feel so awesomely cool!!!! Been deprived of a computer for 2 weeks! Also amazing how we can just connect to the internet using a plug and little square modem-y thing! - that I could tan so unevenly! - Sian and Lillie could bicker so bitterly about geology work - Cheryl had such an Indian accent, ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more