HISTORY OF MIGRATION INTO THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

By Martafrica
  • 700 BCE

    PHOENICIANS

    PHOENICIANS
    They came for: Trade. CONTRIBUTIONS:
    1. Introduction writing. They invented the alphabet.
    2. Introduced new iron making.
    3. Developed wine and oil crops.
    4. They brought products such as: legumes (chickpeas, lentils...) and domesticated animals (donkeys, chickens or chameleons).
    5. Decorative techniques such as decorative vases or ivory work.
    6. Also their own religious beliefs.
  • 500 BCE

    GREEKS

    GREEKS
    They came for: Trade. CONTRIBUTIONS:
    1. They gave name to the Peninsula. IBERIA. By trading with the Iberian peoples of the Mediterranean. HERODOTO.
    2. They introduced products such as wheat and garlic.
    3. They used the first coins.
    4. New pottery techniques (use of the lathe).
    5. In general, they left behind new forms of building construction.
  • 200 BCE

    CARTHAGINIANS

    CARTHAGINIANS
    They came for: Invasion in 238 B.C. CONTRIBUTIONS:
    1. Introduce and exploit the garum (viscera sauce of marinated fish).
    2. They used their own gods.
  • 100 BCE

    ROMANS

    ROMANS
    They came for: Invasion. CONTRIBUTIONS:
    They change the name of the territory: HISPANIA (land of rabbits). CNEO CORNELIO ESCIPIÓN.
    2. They spread their language: Latin.
    It will derive in the 10th century in the Romance languages, among them the current Spanish.
    3. They develop civil engineering: aqueducts, bridges, theatres...
    4. The creation of the first laws.
    5. They expanded the exploitation of the olive tree and the vine.
    6. They introduced Christianity, official since the 4th century A.D.
  • 300

    VISIGODES

    VISIGODES
    They came for: Invasion in 409 A.C. CONTRIBUTIONS:
    1. They left behind an important genetic burden.
    A large number of names and surnames are of Visigoth origin: Fernando, Alonso, Elvira, Gonzalo...
    3. They mixed their laws with the Roman laws. LIBER IUDICIORUM. Recesvinto 654.
  • 400

    JEWS

    JEWS
    They came for: Trade. CONTRIBUTIONS:
    1. Development of the science Avicebrón or Maimónides.
    2. The Toledo School of Translators.
  • 700

    MUSLIMS

    MUSLIMS
    They came for: Invasion 711 A.C. CONTRIBUTIONS:
    1. The toponymy of numerous places. Guadalquivir, Mulhacén...
    The name of Andalusia (Al-Andalus).
    2. Hundreds of words of Arabic origin.
    3. The plow of wheels, the irrigation (acequias), citrus grove: oranges, lemon trees, mulberry trees...
    4. Public baths (Arab baths).
    5. Science: medicine, astronomy studies, chess or numbers like 0.