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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.
The Iberian Peninsula (or Iberia) is a peninsula in the southwest corner of Europe and is principally composed of Spain and Portugal. 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).
- 583,254 km 2(225,196 sq mi)
- ca. 53 million
- 90.9/km 2(235.4/sq mi)
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Jun 11, 2018 · Iberian Peninsula. Iberian Peninsula Part of sw Europe occupied by Spain and Portugal, separated from Africa by the Strait of Gibraltar and from the rest of Europe by the Pyrenees Mountains. The early Iberian inhabitants were colonized by Phoenicians and then Carthaginians until the 2nd century bc, when Rome dominated. Fourth-century Visigothic ...
- The First Iberians
- The Iberian Tribes in Andalucia
- Iberian Society
- The Iberian Family and Home
- The Iberian Oppidum
- Iberian Agriculture
- Iberian Animal Husbandry
- The Landscape During The Iberian Period
- Innovations During The Iberian Period
- The First Use of Iron in Andalucia
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. The name derives from the ancient inhabitants whom the G...
Iberian Territory 300 BC Variously called Bastetani, Bastitani or Bastuli, they were the biggest Iberian tribal confederation in area, they dwelt in a territory that included large areas of the Mediterranean coast and the Sierra Nevada, in what today are parts of the modern regions of Murcia, Castilla-La Mancha and Andalucia. Within Andalucia their...
Greek Ceramics from Oppidum The Iberian society centred around the oppidum, a fortified settlement, that housed a chieftain, artisans, functionaries and an agrarian population. Outside the oppidum there was often a necropolis and one or more sanctuaries. Each oppidum controlled an area of agricultural land that was farmed by the inhabitants and an ...
Most Iberian families consisted of a couple with three or four sons or daughters. Their house was made of stone plinths, adobe or bleached walls and a roof composed of wooden beams, straw thatch and mud. Many houses had several rooms and a courtyard, some even had a first floor. The smallest house had an area of about 70 square metres. Houses had n...
The Iberians kept a full range of farm animals; cows, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens and donkeys. Cows were primarily for meat and hides, it was the sheep and goats that provided wool and the milk that was made into cheeses. Pigs were allowed to roam free in the forests, foraging on the acorns whilst cows were kept closer to home. Domestic dogs were ...
The Iberians grew wheat and barley, peas and beans and fruit trees including figs, almonds, grapes and olives. They also collected acorns and nuts from surrounding woodland. In that respect they were not that different to their long-passed ancestors, the Neolithic people. What is different are the tools used in the field. Iron sickles have been fou...
The Iberians kept a full range of farm animals; cows, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens and donkeys. Cows were primarily for meat and hides, it was the sheep and goats that provided wool and the milk that was made into cheeses. Pigs were allowed to roam free in the forests, foraging on the acorns whilst cows were kept closer to home. Domestic dogs were ...
The predominant landscape was that of the Mediterranean forest, holm oaks, oaks, pines and wild olives. Beneath the trees and in areas where trees had been cleared, were mastic, cistus, broom and rosemary. Juniper could be found on higher ground. Alongside the rivers was what is known as riparian forest, a strip of willow, poplar, alder, ash and el...
Iberian wheel thrown Ceramics Four innovations appeared during the Iberian period, all probably introduced by the Phoenicians; good ideas that must have rapidly spread along the well-established trading networks since there is no direct evidence for any Phoenician or for that matter Greek, physical presence anywhere inland. The first is the millsto...
Iron started to be worked during the Iberian period. Whether the techniques and skills came from the Phoenicians or from the Celt-Ibero tribes that neighboured the Iberians to the northwest and north is still a matter of debate. Certainly the more artistic, ornamental, iron work is more reminiscent of the Celtic tribes than anything from the easter...
Apr 20, 2021 · Conflict with the Visigothic, Byzantine, and Arab armies and formation of the genetic makeup of the Iberian Peninsula. The Visigoths were made up of people from the western Germanic tribes. These people populated Northern Europe, and are called Germanic because of the origins of the languages that they spoke. The people of the Iberian Peninsula ...
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!
Mar 14, 2019 · A skeleton from an elaborate grave in central Spain about 4,400 years old belonged to a man whose ancestry was 100 percent North African. “That’s crazy,” said David Reich, a geneticist at ...
