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Chronology of Cultures in Spain
(from Prehistoric
Times to the 1500s)
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PREHISTORIC SPAIN
Wall paintings in Altamira: 25,000 BC – 15,000 BC
Phoenicians establish Cadiz: 1,100 BC
Celts arrive across the Pyrennes mountains: 1,000 BC
Greeks establish port towns: 7th Century BC
Carthaginians control most of the Peninsula: 300 BC
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ROMAN SPAIN
Romans pacify the peninsula: 27 BC
Trajan governs the region: AD 98
Christianity arrives in the region: 1st century AD
Invasions of Barbarians: AD 411
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VISIGOTHS
Visigoth kind makes Toledo the capital: AD 554
End of Roman Empire in Spain: AD 568-586
Visigoth King Recaredo converts to Christianity: AD 589
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SPAIN OF THE MOORS
Islamic forces defeat the Visigoths in battle of Guadalete: AD 711
End of the Visigoth era: AD 712
Caliphate established, Cordoba is capital of Spain: AD 758
Fragmenting of the Caliphate: AD 1009-1090
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THE RECONQUEST/LA RECONQUISTA
Conquest of Toledo by King of Castille: AD 1085
Poem “El Cid”: AD 1140
Reign of Alfonso X, the Wise: AD 1252-1284
Defeat of Boabdil, king of the Moors at Granada: 2 January 1492
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THE MODERN AGE: THE UNITY OF SPAIN
“Los Reyes Catolicos” 1469-1504 [1516]
Expulsion of the Moors: 1492
Expulsion of the Jews: 1492
Columbus’ Voyages to “New World”: 1492
The Hapsburgs of Germany: Carlos I/Carlos V: 1517-
The Reformation in Germany: 1517
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