Spanish timeline

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  • 718 BCE

    The Reconquista begins by the Christians to retake Spain.

    The Reconquista is the name given to a long series of wars and battles between the Christian Kingdoms and the Muslim Moors for control of the Iberian Peninsula. It lasted for a good portion of the Middle Ages from 718 to 1492.
  • 500 BCE

    The Visigoths take over much of Spain

    Visigoth wait for Rome to take over. they new the Romans would be weak so they could take over.
  • 264 BCE

    war between Rome and Carthage

    Carthage was a large City located on the coast of North Africa. This sounds like a long way away at first, but Carthage was just a short sea voyage from Rome across the Mediterranean Sea. Both cities were major powers at the time and both were expanding their empires. As the empires grew, they began to clash and soon war had begun.
  • 1469

    Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon are married.

    Isabella married Ferdinand II Wich led to much land being merged.