The decline of Spain demonstrates all the following except
A)the power of an empire required a vital economic base.
B)in the early modern period, only areas with a significant, aggressive mercantile class prospered.
C)ideally, the landed elite and the commercial elite should merge.
D)that a country had to be Protestant to be great.
E)wealth needs to be invested wisely.

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The decline of Spain cannot be attributed to the fact that it was not a Protestant country. This statement is not a contributing factor to its decline. The other choices are valid factors that contributed to Spain's decline.

The Decline of Spain Demonstrates All the Following Except