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Local and Phoenician traditions
- The cultural substratum of the Iberians was influenced strongly by local and Phoenician traditions, but their commercial contacts were with the Greek colonies of the western Mediterranean.
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Culturally the tribes of the northeast and of the Valencian coast were greatly influenced by the Greek settlements at Emporion (modern Ampurias) and in the Alicante region, those of the southeast by influences from the Phoenician trading colonies at Malaca (Málaga), Sexi (Almuñéca), and Abdera (Adra), which later passed to the Carthaginians.
The Iberian culture developed from the 6th century BC, and perhaps as early as the fifth to the third millennium BC in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian peninsula. The Iberians lived in villages and oppida (fortified settlements) and their communities were based on a tribal organization.
Jul 25, 2011 · By: John Perritano. Spanish Cultural Influences. Located on the Iberian Peninsula, Spain is decidedly a European country, although its people are descendants of varied populations. Spanish culture was influenced by the Celtics, the Phoenicians of the eastern Mediterranean, the Carthaginians and the Germanic tribe known as the Visigoths.
Beyond Spain, Spanish culture is the foundation of most of Latin American cultures and the Filipino culture. History [ edit ] The ancient peoples of Spain included Tartessians , Celts , Iberians , Celtiberians , Phoenicians as well as Greek colonies.
Nov 13, 2022 · The First Iberians. The Iberians emerged as a cultural unit during the 8th century BC although traces of what was to be their culture, on the eastern and southern coasts of Spain, go back as far as 3000 BC. Hecataeus of Miletus was the first known historian to use the term Iberia, which he wrote of about 500 BC.
Jul 28, 2022 · "The discovery of Cancho Roano was a revolution in the archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula," said Sebastián Celestino Pérez (Image credit: Getty/Cavan Images)
