They kicked the Jews out with the Alhambra decree, and took the wealth the Jews accumulated and used it to finance expeditions. Columbus was financed off the backs of the Jews Ferdinand and Isabella kicked out. Spain literally stumbled onto America out of dumb luck and created an empire by virtue of being the first European country to the line. So yes, Spain used the resources from the Jews as a springboard to an empire, leaving them far better in the short term, up until the moment they weren't, just like everybody else who kicked the Jews out
100 years later when god smote them down with righteous fury. And they could never rebuild or manage their empire because they didn't have the infrastructure because they kicked all the smart people out. They were coasting because they got rid of their largest economic engine. Then they were inundated with goods from the new world that kept them so flush it didn't matter that the Jews were gone for that long.
They kicked the Jews out with the Alhambra decree, and took the wealth the Jews accumulated and used it to finance expeditions. Columbus was financed off the backs of the Jews Ferdinand and Isabella kicked out. Spain literally stumbled onto America out of dumb luck and created an empire by virtue of being the first European country to the line. So yes, Spain used the resources from the Jews as a springboard to an empire, leaving them far better in the short term, up until the moment they weren't, just like everybody else who kicked the Jews out
"up until the moment they weren't"
400 years later?
100 years later when god smote them down with righteous fury. And they could never rebuild or manage their empire because they didn't have the infrastructure because they kicked all the smart people out. They were coasting because they got rid of their largest economic engine. Then they were inundated with goods from the new world that kept them so flush it didn't matter that the Jews were gone for that long.