Ka cika wannan jumla: Da taimakon kuɗaɗen da aka samu daga Amirka, Spain ta yi yaƙe-yaƙe da magabtanta, kamar su Dutch Revolt (1568<unk>1609), ta kāre Kiristancin Turai daga mamayewa da mamayewa na Ottoman, ta goyi bayan al'amarin Katolika a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Faransa da kuma 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
Sack na Antwerp (1576), wanda mutane 17,000 suka mutu.