historia

  • PALEOLITHIC
    250,000 BCE

    PALEOLITHIC

    There are 3 steps: Lower Paleolithic / Medium Paleolithic / Superior Paleolithic. Their economy was predatory, the evolution technological and they had cave paintings.
  • MESOLITHIC
    9000 BCE

    MESOLITHIC

    It started when the last glaciation ended and the climate change in one charmer and dried. There were a growth in the population, so this ended with the hunting and people changed the predatory economy to a productive economy.
  • NEOLITHIC
    5000 BCE

    NEOLITHIC

    It has 2 steps due to the ceramic: Ancient Neolithic / Full Neolithic. There were the levantine art. They contrasted with the naturalism,
  • CALCOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGE
    3000 BCE

    CALCOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGE

    They needed copper. The bury were changing to individual or dual buries. There were the megalithic architecture and the companiform glass.
  • IRON AGE
    800 BCE

    IRON AGE

    This period of time makes start to the roman conquest of the peninsula. When the habitats started to use the iron
  • TARTESSOS KINGDOM
    700 BCE

    TARTESSOS KINGDOM

    First estate in the peninsula that we have notice. The king Argantonio reigned between the VII and the VI BC. They had wealth in agriculture, cattle raising and mining.
  • INDO-EUROPEAN POEPLES SURGE
    650 BCE

    INDO-EUROPEAN POEPLES SURGE

    They moved to the south of the peninsula. They entered of the Pirineos . They knew the metalurgy
  • PHOENICIANS, GREEKS AND CARTHAGINIANS
    650 BCE

    PHOENICIANS, GREEKS AND CARTHAGINIANS

    Phoenicians entered in the peninsula because of its riches in gold, silver y copper. Greeks arrived later. Both of them funded colonies to commerce. When the Phoenicians fell, the Carthaginians takes place in their colonies.
  • THE ROMAN CONQUEST OF IBERIAN PENINSULA
    218 BCE

    THE ROMAN CONQUEST OF IBERIAN PENINSULA

    Due to the war with Carthage, Rome occupies the Carthaginian area of ​​the Iberian Peninsula, which will continue until it is fully occupied.
  • HISPANIA DURING THE HIGH EMPIRE
    27 BCE

    HISPANIA DURING THE HIGH EMPIRE

    Rome established two types of provinces in Hispania, senatorial and imperial. The economy was based on agriculture, livestock, mining, crafts and commerce.
  • THE CRISIS OF THE THIRD CENTURY AND THE LOWER EMPIRE
    235

    THE CRISIS OF THE THIRD CENTURY AND THE LOWER EMPIRE

    In the 3rd century Rome suffered a political and military crisis that influenced Hispania. Insecurity increased and trade decreased. The population moved from the cities to the countryside.
  • DIFFUSION OF CHRISTIANITY
    380

    DIFFUSION OF CHRISTIANITY

    Christianity was legalized in 313 and in 380 it was established as the official religion in the Roman Empire.
  • ORIGINS OF THE VISIGODE KINGDOM IN HISPANIA
    415

    ORIGINS OF THE VISIGODE KINGDOM IN HISPANIA

    In 409 the Swabians, Alans and Vandals invaded the peninsula. In 410 the Visigoths sacked Rome. Rome told the Visigoths that if they expelled the invaders from Hispania, they could stay on the peninsula. That happened in 415.
  • CONSOLIDATION OF THE VISIGODE MONARCHY
    Jan 1, 654

    CONSOLIDATION OF THE VISIGODE MONARCHY

    The Visigoths became the first independent state that made up the entire Iberian Peninsula. In 589 Recaredo converted to Catholicism, achieving religious union. The legislative union came in 654.
  • THE BEGINNING OF THE CONQUEST OF AL-ANDALUS
    Jan 1, 711

    THE BEGINNING OF THE CONQUEST OF AL-ANDALUS

    The crisis of the Visigothic monarchy due to the election of the king, favored that the Muslims invaded the Iberian Peninsula almost in its entirety. It all started in 711 with the defeat of D. Rodrigo.
  • INDEPENDENT EMIRATE OF BAGHDAD
    Jan 1, 756

    INDEPENDENT EMIRATE OF BAGHDAD

    After stopping the Arab expansion towards Europe in the Battle of Covadonga (722), internal struggles in Damascus made Abderramán-I conquer Córdoba in 756.
  • CALIFATO DE CÓRDOBA AND KINGDOMS OF TAIFAS
    Jan 1, 1002

    CALIFATO DE CÓRDOBA AND KINGDOMS OF TAIFAS

    Almanzor takes military power under the caliphate of Hisham-II. In 1002, Almanzor destroyed Santiago de Compostela. In 1031, Al-Andalus goes into crisis by separating into 20 independent kingdoms called Taifas.
  • THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS IN THE UPPER AND LOWER MIDDLE AGES
    Jan 1, 1035

    THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS IN THE UPPER AND LOWER MIDDLE AGES

    The Astur kingdom resisted the push of the Muslims. As it expanded, it was renamed the Astur-Leonés kingdom. A county of León, Castilla, gave rise to the Kingdom of Castilla. The kingdom of Navarre was between the Muslims and the Franks, who when expanding created Aragon. The Catalan counties were also between the Muslims and the Franks.
  • Dynastic Union
    Jan 4, 1476

    Dynastic Union

    The Catholic Kings joined both kingdoms and they settled up their power in the Madrigal Cortes and distributed the chores.
  • THE KINGDOM OF GRANADA
    Jan 1, 1492

    THE KINGDOM OF GRANADA

    The last Muslim kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula was Granada, created in 1238. It managed to resist the push of the Kingdom of Castile until its fall in 1492.
  • THE EXPANSION OF THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS
    Jan 1, 1492

    THE EXPANSION OF THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS

    Castilla y León expanded southwards, conquering a large part of the peninsula, until Castilla finished the reconquest in 1492. The kingdom of Aragon, after conquering the Levant, decided to expand into the Mediterranean.
  • Feb 1, 1492

    Granada Conquest

    Boabdil gave the Granada’s keys to the Catholic Kings because they win the fight
  • Dec 10, 1492

    The Discovery of America

    Christopher Colombus and his crew wanted to arrive to India but they finally ended up discovering America. He made 4 trips where he conquered different lands.
  • Jan 4, 1496

    Canarias integration

    The catholic kings started to conquest the Canary Islands in the 1478 and they finally conquest it in the 1496 due to dealings and capitulations
  • Apr 3, 1501

    Italy

    This conquest was fighted between Spain and France and they made the Barcelona trade in 1493 but this was unfulfilled by France. But later, they firmed the Granada trade in 1500.
  • Mar 5, 1510

    North africa

    The conquer started in 1497 when the occupied Melilla and it ended when the occupied Oran Argel Tunez Tripoli.
  • Jan 7, 1512

    Navarra Kingdom

    The Catholic Kings wanted to enter into the Kingdom of Navarra, but in there, they didn’t want them to enter. A fight was started and it ended with the surrender of Pamplona.