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1100 BCE
The Phoenicians
The first developed group of people which arrived in Spain were the Phoenicians. They established their capital in Cadiz. -
600 BCE
The Greeks
They founded the Emporion City.
They brought to Spain the idea of trade, industry, agriculture, theatre, poetry and philosophy. -
218 BCE
The Romans
Cneo Escipión started the conquest.
They took 200 years to conquer the Peninsula. -
410
The Visigoths
They took the Romans´ culture, but in a more religious way.
They showed it in their decorative art. -
711
Al-Andalus
They conquered almost all the Peninsula, calling it Al-Andalus.
The Christians reconquered their territories except Granada. -
1492
The Key Year
The Christians finally conquered Granada.
Spain was totally catholical.
Led by Cristobal Colon they arrived in America and get their natural resources. -
1500
The Gold Century.
In this period Spain experimented the gratest splendour in art.
The most important types were: poetry, theatre and novels.
Some important artists were Luis de Góngora, Diego Velázquez, Miguel de Cervantes... -
The First Constitution
The constitution gathers the human rights and duties.
But It has been changed a lot of times and the last one was in 1978. -
The Civil War
It was a political and social conflict and was the consequence of the attempted coup.
