Why is Scotland called Alba? The Gaels gave Scotland its name from ‘Scoti’, a racially derogatory term used by the Romans to describe the Gaelic-speaking ‘pirates’ who raided Britannia in the 3rd and 4th centuries. They called themselves ‘Goidi l’, modernised today as Gaels, and later called Scotland ‘Alba’. Where is the country of Alba? […]
Why was mercantilism important to the European nations?
Why was mercantilism important to the European nations? Mercantilism was important to European nations because they wanted to accumulate the largest possible share of their wealth by maximizing exports to their countries and decreasing their exports through tariffs. How was the Spanish colonial empire in the Americas organized and managed What changes did the Bourbon […]