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    Iberian Peninsula

    Peninsula located in the extreme southwest of Europe

    The Iberian Peninsula, also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe. Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of Peninsular Spain and Continental Portugal, comprising most of the region, as well as the tiny adjuncts of Andorra, Gibraltar, and, pursuant to the traditional definition of the Pyrenees as the peninsula's northeastern boundary, a small part of France. With an area of approximately 583,254 square kilometres, and a population of roughly 53 million, it is the second-largest European peninsula by area, after the Scandinavian Peninsula. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    The Iberian Peninsula (IPA: / aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə n / eye-BEER-ee-ən), [a] also known as Iberia, [b] is a peninsula in south-western Europe.Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of Peninsular Spain [c] and Continental Portugal, comprising most of the region, as well as the tiny adjuncts of Andorra, Gibraltar, and, pursuant to the ...
    • Peninsular Spain

      Map of peninsular Spain. Peninsular Spain refers to the part of the territory of Spain located within the Iberian Peninsula, [1] thus excluding other parts of Spain: the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, and several islets and crags off the coast of Morocco known collectively as plazas de soberanía (places of sovereignty). In Spain, it is mostly known simply as la Península.

    • Iberia (Disambiguation)

      Iberia, in its most common meaning, refers to the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. In history, it was also used to refer to anything pertaining to the former Kingdom of Iberia, an exonym for the Georgian kingdom of Kartli. ... Iberian (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 17 ...

    • Scandinavian Peninsula

      The Scandinavian Peninsula [1] is located in Northern Europe, and roughly comprises the mainlands of Sweden, Norway and the northwestern area of Finland.. The name of the peninsula is derived from the term Scandinavia, the cultural region of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.That cultural name is in turn derived from the name of Scania, the region at the southern extremity of the peninsula which was ...

    • Continental Portugal

      Map of continental Portugal. Continental Portugal (Portuguese: Portugal continental, IPA: [puɾtuˈɣal kõtinẽˈtal]) or mainland Portugal comprises the bulk of the Portuguese Republic, namely that part on the Iberian Peninsula and so in continental Europe, having approximately 95% of the total population and 96.6% of the country's land.Mainland Portugal is therefore commonly called by ...

    • Haplogroup R1b

      Haplogroup R1b (R-M343), previously known as Hg1 and Eu18, is a human Y-chromosome haplogroup.. It is the most frequently occurring paternal lineage in Western Europe, as well as some parts of Russia (e.g. the Bashkirs) and across the Sahel in Central Africa, namely: Cameroon, Chad, Guinea, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal (concentrated in parts of Chad with concentration in the ...

    • Kingdom of Iberia

      The written sources for the early periods of Iberia's history are mostly medieval Georgian chronicles, ... (1009-1065) wrote about the wish of certain Georgian nobles to travel to the Iberian peninsula and visit the local Georgians of the West, as he called them. See also. Georgian monarchs family tree of Iberia; Iberian War; References

  3. britannica.com

    Jan 7, 2025Iberian Peninsula, peninsula in southwestern Europe, occupied by Spain and Portugal. Its name derives from its ancient inhabitants whom the Greeks called Iberians, probably for the Ebro (Iberus), the peninsula's second longest river (after the Tagus). The Pyrenees mountain range forms an effective
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  5. ancient-origins.net

    Over the ages, the Iberian Peninsula was a melting pot of diverse cultures and civilizations, a piece of Europe that saw numerous migrations and many nations that rose and fell on its soil. Being the second largest peninsula in Europe, Iberia is geographically varied and vast, and as such it saw the spread of many isolated and very different cultures. ...
  6. worldhistory.org

    End of the Carthaginian presence on the Iberian Peninsula. 195 BCE. Marcus Porcius Cato serves as consul and lands an army at Empuries in northeastern Spain to quash the Iberian revolt. 191 BCE - 134 BCE ... Search through the entire ancient history timeline. Specify between which dates you want to search, and what keywords you are looking for ...
  7. encyclopedia.com

    The social history of the Iberian Peninsula has followed a course that in a great number of ways mirrors that of western Europe. Participating in the urbanization processes and vibrant Mediterranean commercial capitalism of the Middle Ages, the peninsula played a leading role in the creation of the transatlantic world economy. ...
  8. britannica.com

    Iberian, one of a prehistoric people of southern and eastern Spain who later gave their name to the whole peninsula.The waves of migrating Celtic peoples from the 8th to 6th century bc onward settled heavily in northern and central Spain, penetrated Portugal and Galicia, but left the indigenous Bronze Age Iberian people of the south and east intact. . Greek geographers give the name Iberian ...
  9. historyincharts.com

    Pre-History of the Iberian Peninsula. DNA evidence shows that for thousands of years the Iberian Peninsula was a crossroads of sorts. Mass migrations came in several different waves. First was the influx of hunter-gatherer groups called the "Villabruna" who came to coexist with the original hunter-gather groups called the "Goyet".
  10. academic.oup.com

    A deep history of Iberia examines the waves of conquest and cultural developments on the Iberian peninsula. Agriculture was imported to Iberia from the Fertile Crescent region of Southwest Asia and included animal husbandry and the use of pack animals. Autonomous cultural developments of native Iberians were stimulated by maritime powers that ...
  11. encyclopedia.com

    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 incursions were followed by the Moorish invasions from North Africa.
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