España, una mezcla de culturasSpain, a blend of cultures

Rasgos de nuestra historiaFeatures of our history

Hispania Commencement

1.- Prehistoric men inhabited the peninsula

2.- Iberians and Celts arrive.

3.- Phoenicians arrived to trade and

founded factories .

4.- The Greeks founded coastal cities .

5.- The Carthaginians attempt to defeat the

Romans from the Iberian Peninsula.

ROMAN SPAIN

In 218 A.C. until the V century takes place the Romanization of Spain.

Between 476 and 711

From 711, Battle of the Guadalete, to 1492, conquest of Granada by the Catholic Monarchs.

•Christopher Columbus arrived from Portugal to present the RRCC his idea of seeking a new route to the Indies.•The Catholic Monarchs placed three ships under his command "La Pinta, Niña and Santa Maria.•On October 12, 1492 reaches the Earth and the island is called the "Spanish“, today Dominican Republic and Haiti

XXI CENTURY SPAIN

quiz• What do people come to Spain in ancient times?• What does battle take place in 711?• How many centuries were the Arabs in Spain?• What date did Columbus reach the island, "The Spanish"?• The Catholic Monarchs get the unit of Spain in the same year as

Columbus arrives in America. Do you remember that year?• What century belongs?• How many autonomous communities are there in Spain today?• "Name 5 of these communities.• Research over the kings of the House of Habsburg and the

Bourbons (XVI to XXI)