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4 days ago · The Iberian Peninsula (/ aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə n /), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in South-western Europe, defining the westernmost edge of Eurasia. It is divided between Peninsular Spain and Continental Portugal, comprising most of the region, as well as Andorra, Gibraltar, and a small part of Southern France (French Cerdagne).
- Peninsular Spain
Peninsular Spain refers to the part of the territory of...
- Iberia (Disambiguation)
Iberia, in its most common meaning, refers to the Iberian...
- Scandinavian Peninsula
The Scandinavian Peninsula is located in Northern Europe,...
- Haplogroup R1b
Haplogroup R1b (R-M343), previously known as Hg1 and Eu18,...
- Kingdom of Iberia
The Iberian prince Stephan I (c. 590 – 627), decided in 607...
- Phoenicians
Phoenicia (/ f ə ˈ n ɪ ʃ ə, f ə ˈ n iː ʃ ə /), or Phœnicia,...
- Southern France
Southern France, also known as the south of France or...
- Reconquista
The Reconquista (Spanish and Portuguese for "reconquest") or...
- Peninsular Spain
2 days ago · The history of Spain dates to contact between the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula made with the Greeks and Phoenicians. During Classical Antiquity, the peninsula was the site of multiple successive colonizations of Greeks, Carthaginians, and Romans.
May 23, 2024 · Al-Andalus (Arabic: الأَنْدَلُس) was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The term is used by modern historians for the former Islamic states in modern-day Gibraltar, Portugal, Spain, and Southern France.
3 days ago · Portugal occupies an area on the Iberian Peninsula (referred to as the continent by most Portuguese) and two archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean: Madeira and the Azores. It lies between latitudes 30° and 42° N , and longitudes 32° and 6° W .
1 day ago · The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, it is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of Independence. [e]
May 23, 2024 · Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra. Galicia is located in Atlantic Europe . It is bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north.
