Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tare da tallafin kuɗaɗen da aka samo daga Amurka, Spain ta yi yaƙe-yaƙe da maƙiyanta, kamar tawaye na Dutch na dogon lokaci (1568<unk>1609), kare Turai Kirista daga hare-haren Ottoman da mamayewa, tallafawa dalilin Katolika a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na faransanci da yaƙi da Ingila a lokacin Yaƙin Anglo-Spanish (1585<unk>1604). Sojojin Mutanen Espanya sun karu daga kimanin sojoji 20,000 a cikin 1470s zuwa kimanin sojoji 300,000 a cikin 1630s a lokacin Yakin Shekaru talatin wanda ya raba Turai, yana buƙatar ɗaukar sojoji daga ko'ina cikin Turai. Tare da irin wannan adadi, Spain ta sami matsala wajen tallafa wa yakin basasa a kan bangarori da yawa. Rashin biyan sojoji ya haifar da tawaye da abubuwan da suka faru kamar su Sack of Antwerp
(1576), wanda mutane 17,000 suka mutu.