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Feb 22, 2018 · Colchis (western Georgia) and Kartli/ Iberia (eastern and southern Georgia) were important regions in the Caucasus area of Eurasia from the Bronze Age of the 15th century BCE. Prospering through agriculture and trade, the region attracted Greek and then Roman colonists. The success of several cities is indicated by the minting of their own coinage.
- Tedo Dundua
Dec 20, 2023 · UNESCO has recognised Georgia's most significant landmarks: the ancient city and former capital Mtskheta, Gelati Monastery, and the mountainous region of Upper Svaneti, with a further fourteen on the tentative list. Other significant archaeological sites are well-preserved.
- Carole Raddato
The culture of Georgia has evolved over the country's long history, providing it with a unique national identity and a strong literary tradition based on the Georgian language and alphabet. This strong sense of national identity has helped to preserve Georgian distinctiveness despite repeated periods of foreign occupation.
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Dec 27, 2023 · December 27, 2023. Ancient Greek City of Empuries, a settlement of the Greeks of Iberia—ciutat grega, construccions i cisterna vora la muralla de mar. Credit: Enric / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY SA 4.0. Being a sea people, since antiquity, Greeks have gone out exploring the world. Their quests led them to regions throughout the Mediterranean ...
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- Greek Reporter
“In the first half of the millennium, Celtic tribes across the Pyrenees mix with the Iberians to form the Celtiberians, a large ethnographic group in the north central part of the peninsula. In the south, Iberian culture is influenced by civilizations of the eastern Mediterranean through trade and colonies established first by the Phoenicians, and later the Greeks, Carthaginians, and Romans ...
Mar 10, 2021 · With the Roman victories in the Punic Wars, in 218 BCE the Romans occupied former Carthaginian cities on the Iberian Peninsula. It wasn’t until nearly 200 years later, in 19 BCE, that the Romans brought the entire peninsula under their control. The Iberian colonies were a treasured part of the Roman empire.
THE ORIGINS OF IRON AGE IBERIA. The arrival of the Phoenicians and the founding of several coastal colonies and trading ports were among the factors that marked the beginning of the Iron Age on the Iberian Peninsula. Important transformations occurred in the economics of the area, accompanied by changes in the political, religious, and social ...
