User blog comment:Jeremiah Garland/The REAL World Powers/@comment-3432656-20121017224305/@comment-3112181-20121017232245

Ah, quite the contrary on the Ottomans. Don't forget, they were the first civilisation to really use gunpowder and firearms in the 1400s ^_-

Also, I have to disagree that Spain would defend more than conquer. Look at what they owned in the Americas, plus bits of Africa and the Philippines!