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1 day ago · The Iberian Peninsula ( / aɪˈbɪəriən / ), [a] also known as Iberia, [b] 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 ).
5 days ago · This article treats the history of Latin America from the first occupation by Europeans to the late 20th century, with an initial consideration of the indigenous and Iberian background. For more-detailed coverage of the area prior to European contact, see pre-Columbian civilizations.
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. Native peoples of the peninsula, such as the Tartessos ...
5 days ago · The ancient Greeks were not the first to establish their colonies on the Iberian Peninsula. The Phoenicians actually were. The ethnonym Phoenicians described peoples of Semitic origin. Following the establishment of Greek colonies in southern Italy, the Greek tribes looked elsewhere to the Black Sea, Anatolia, Africa, and the western Mediterranean.
5 days ago · Etruscan, member of an ancient people of Etruria, Italy, between the Tiber and Arno rivers west and south of the Apennines, whose urban civilization reached its height in the 6th century bce. Many features of Etruscan culture were adopted by the Romans, their successors to power in the peninsula.
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3 days ago · Peerless horsemen and unequaled warriors, they left an indelible mark on history. For though the peltasts and cataphracts are long gone, the spirit of Thrace rides on eternal, a stirring monument to an age of heroes. The Thracians were an Indo-European people who dominated large swathes of land between southern Russia, Serbia and western Turkey ...
4 days ago · In the regions settled first and hardest by the Iberians – Hispaniola, Brazil and Mexico, in particular – population decline was precipitous. The Mexican population shrank from around 17 million in 1492 to about 70,000 in 1650. Still, there were sufficient Native Americans in Mexico for Indian peoples and cultures to survive.
