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The map shows the Iberian Peninsula and surrounding waters with international borders, the national capital of Spain and Portugal, major geographical features like rivers, plateaus, and mountain ranges.
Iberia. Type: Peninsula. Description: peninsula located in the extreme southwest of Europe. Location: Europe. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude of center. 40.35° or 40° 21' north. Longitude of center. -3.98° or 3° 58' 48" west.
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Countries of the Iberian Peninsula: Spain, Portugal. Highest peaks of the Iberian Peninsula (elevation): Pico De Aneto 3404, Torre De Cerredo 2648, San Lorenzo 2271, Pic De Coma Pedrosa 2943, Moncayo 2313, El Teleno 2183, Puig Mayor 1445, Pico Del Mulhacén 3479, Pico Almanzor 2592, Torrecilla 1919. Seas, bays, bodies of water of the Iberian ...
When we refer to the Iberian Peninsula, we mostly refer to Spain and Portugal but the peninsula also comprise a small area of Southern France, Andorra and Gibraltar (British overseas territory). Map of Spain and Portugal. Download map.
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Georgia extends southwards from the Caucasian range and eastwards from the Black Sea, which has served as a highway to the rest of the world since antiquity. Georgia contains all the principal landforms like plains, hills, plateaus and mountains. Climate varies across the country. Much of the Black Sea coast has a humid subtropical climate with war...
The West was Colchis; and the East and the South Kartli, the Greeks called it Iberia. The native name "Kartli" is of Indo-European provenance and means "citadel". When a lord of this "citadel" near the Georgian city of Mtskheta became a ruler of the whole country, this term spread over the entire territory. And for the Greeks living in the neighbou...
Rich soil, rivers like the Rioni, Chorokhi and Mtkvari (Kura) filled with fish, and besides a ready source for irrigation, helped the early settlers to raise grains. The most successful farming settlements had grown into powerful clans. Crafts and trade flourished across wide areas. In the early centuries of the 2nd millennium BCE two principal eco...
A well-planned system of defence – small states like Diaokhi (Tao) and Colcha etc. being allied – lessened the risk of enemy raids. Corn-fields were cultivated, flocks of sheep and herds of cattle roamed in the upland – on the slopes of the North and South Caucasian Mountains, which provided some more safety to the area. Still, the Greeks managed t...
The powerful clans set up small states like Diaokhi, Zabakha, Viterukhi, Colcha etc. as far back as the 12th century BCE. Kings ruled and made the law, while wealthy landowners held public offices, and fought Assyrians and Urartians, moving northwards. At the bottom of the society were the common people. They worked on lands belonging to the aristo...
By the 6th century BCE, the Persians had conquered a vast empire that stretched from Asia Minor to the Indus valley. Some of the Iberian lands were under Persian rule but still, the world was now facing a new hegemonic power – Hellas, already overpopulated and needing grain and raw materials to be imported. The Greeks set up small city-states (pole...
Alexander of Macedon defeated the powerful Persian Empire in the 4th century BCE. His conquest paved the way for the penetration of the Greek civilization in many areas. The whole Black Sea area might be looked upon as a multicultural region of which the economic systems were ultimately based on the principle of Hellenism – Greeks settled everywher...
Starting from the 1st century BCE the Romans administered the old Hellenistic World. They promoted European unity by offering citizenship to their allied kings. Iberian rulers were among them. Roman citizenship was a traditional honorary degree passed from the European principal domains towards the provinces, the countries being tied up formally. A...
Artistically and intellectually the period is outstanding as a starting point. Greek style temples were built both in Colchis and Kartli (Iberia). In Ancient Colchis and Kartli folk believed that many gods controlled the forces of nature. Idols were worshipped but the latter's paganism is still imbued with a certain romanticism due to Aryan superst...
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Oct 3, 2022 · The Iberian peninsula is occupied by Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Gibraltar, and France. Map of the countries on the Iberian peninsula. I know Spain and Portugal are the two most prominent, and most of the time, people only count them as the occupiers of the peninsula. My country occupies 84.3% and Portugal a 15.24%. Just imagine!
Overview. Interactive Map. General information. For more than a million years, people have developed distinct cultures and traditions on the Iberian Peninsula. Separated from France by the towering Pyrenees Mountains, this region’s history and culture frequently evolved with an often-iconic non-European character.
