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3 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.
1 day ago · Spain, country located in extreme southwestern Europe. It occupies about 85 percent of the Iberian Peninsula, which it shares with its smaller neighbor Portugal. Spain is a storied country of stone castles, snowcapped mountains, vast monuments, and sophisticated cities.
6 days ago · Geography - note. strategic location along approaches to Strait of Gibraltar; Spain controls a number of territories in northern Morocco including the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, and the islands of Penon de Velez de la Gomera, Penon de Alhucemas, and Islas Chafarinas; Spain's Canary Islands are one of four North Atlantic archipelagos that make up Macaronesia; the others are Azores (Portugal ...
May 13, 2024 · c. 801 - c. 1492. Location: Iberian Peninsula. Participants: Moor. Portugal. Spain. Major Events: Battle of Alarcos. Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. Battle of Río Salado. Siege of Toledo. Key People: Alfonso VII. El Cid. Ferdinand II. Isabella I. Top Questions. What was the Reconquista? Who was involved in the Reconquista? When was the Reconquista?
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May 9, 2024 · July 17, 1936 - March 28, 1939. Location: Spain. Participants: Republican. Nationalists. Key People: Francisco Franco. Dolores Ibárruri. Francisco Largo Caballero. Juan Negrín López. Hugo Sperrle. (Show more) Top Questions. What caused the Spanish Civil War? Who fought in the Spanish Civil War?
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2 days ago · At its greatest extent in the late 1700s and early 1800s, the Spanish Empire covered over 13 million square kilometres (5 million square miles), making it one of the largest empires in history.
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1 day ago · Decolonization. History portal. v. t. e. The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) after the initial 1492 voyage of Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus under license from Queen Isabella I of Castile.
