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1.2 Mil BC In 2007 Spanish researchers said they had unearthed a human tooth more than one million years old, which they estimated to be the oldest human fossil remain ever discovered in western Europe.
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Carthaginian Spain is handed over to Rome to become two new provinces, at the end of the Second Punic War
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The cemetery at Los Millares in Spain contains more than 100 beehive tombs
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Mycenaean merchants trade as far west as Spain and have links with neolithic societies far away in the interior of Europe
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The Celts, moving west from central Europe, settle in France and northern Spain
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Caesar sets off to take up a post as governor of southern Spain, where a series of profitable raids improve his finances
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During the 1800s many of Spain's colonies throughout the world declare independence. A loss of colonies
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Franco sets up a dictatorship. Though there is stability in the government, the people have limited freedoms.
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Spain declares itself neutral during the war. However, Franco makes 40,000 soldiers available to help Hitler's cause.
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Franco wants Juan Carlos, the grandson of Alfonso XIII, to rule after him. But when Juan Carlos becomes king, he does not follow Franco's wishes.
