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  • The Bronze Age begins in the Iberian Peninsula. The El Argar civilization begins to form.
    1800 BCE

    The Bronze Age begins in the Iberian Peninsula. The El Argar civilization begins to form.

    The Bronze Age began in the Iberian Peninsula around 2200 BCE, and during this period, the El Argar civilization emerged, a culture known for its early adoption of bronze metallurgy and its sophisticated social organization
  • The Phoenicians begin to settle in the region. They introduce iron and the potter's wheel.
    1100 BCE

    The Phoenicians begin to settle in the region. They introduce iron and the potter's wheel.

    The Phoenicians, known for their seafaring and trade, began settling in the Iberian Peninsula around 800 BCE, introducing ironworking and the potter's wheel, which had a significant impact on the region's development.
  • The Celtics arrive and settle northern Spain.
    900 BCE

    The Celtics arrive and settle northern Spain.

    Celtic-related people, likely from an eastward expansion, arrived in Spain around 2,500 years ago, settling in northern regions like Galicia, Asturias, and Cantabria, establishing small settlements called "castros".
  • The Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome is fought. Part of Spain becomes a Roman province called Hispania.
    218 BCE

    The Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome is fought. Part of Spain becomes a Roman province called Hispania.

    The Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome is fought. Part of Spain becomes a Roman province called Hispania.
  • 19 BCE

    All of Spain comes under the rule of the Roman Empire.

    The entire Iberian Peninsula, encompassing modern-day Spain and Portugal, came under Roman rule, known as Hispania.
  • 500

    The Visigoths take over much of Spain.

    Under Alaric's successor, Wallia, the Goths carved out a large kingdom for themselves in the Western Roman Empire on the Iberian Peninsula in what is now Spain, as well as in parts of what is now Southern France.
  • The Moors invade Spain and name it al-Andalus.
    710

    The Moors invade Spain and name it al-Andalus.

    In 711, troops mostly formed by Moors from northern Africa led the Umayyad conquest of Hispania.
  • The Reconquista begins by the Christians to retake Spain.
    718

    The Reconquista begins by the Christians to retake Spain.

    The beginning of the Reconquista is traditionally dated to the Battle of Covadonga, in which an Asturian army achieved the first Christian victory over the forces of the Umayyad Caliphate since the beginning of the military invasion.
  • El Cid conquers the city of Valencia from the Moors.
    1094

    El Cid conquers the city of Valencia from the Moors.

    In 1094, El Cid, the Castilian knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, famously conquered the city of Valencia from its Muslim rulers, establishing an independent principality on the Mediterranean coast of Iberia.
  • 1139

    The Kingdom of Portugal is first established on the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula.

    The Kingdom of Portugal was first established on the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula in 1139, with Afonso Henriques, Count of Portugal, defeating the Moors at the Battle of Ourique and being proclaimed the first king of an independent Portugal.