The Rise of Great Powers

1 2 Sunrise of the British Empire, Fall of the Spanish Armada Sunrise tells the story of the downfall of the world’s most powerful Armada, and the rise of the Great British empire. In the 16th century, the Spanish Armada was known as the invincible fleet. It suffered a huge defeat in 1588 in its invasion of England. We explore how the invincible fleet had become so weak and how the small island of England was able to prevail over the Spanish empire