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The Iberian Peninsula (IPA: / aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə n / eye-BEER-ee-ən), [a] also known as Iberia, [b] is a peninsula in south-western Europe.Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of Peninsular Spain [c] and Continental Portugal, comprising most of the region, as well as the tiny adjuncts of Andorra, Gibraltar, and, pursuant to the ...
This article has an unclear citation style. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting. (September 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Ethnographic and Linguistic Map of the Iberian Peninsula at about 300 BCE. This is a list of the pre- Roman people of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania, i.e., modern Portugal ...
The Iberian Peninsula in the time of Hadrian (ruled 117–138 AD) showing, in western Iberia, the imperial province of Lusitania (Portugal and Extremadura). Lusitania (/ ˌ l uː s ɪ ˈ t eɪ n i ə /; Classical Latin: [luːsiːˈtaːnia]) was an ancient Iberian Roman province encompassing most of modern-day Portugal (south of the Douro River) and a large portion of western Spain (the present ...
The crustal thickness is 30 to 35 km through most of Iberia, but thins to 28 km on the west coast. However mountainous areas are thicker. The crustal depth in the Iberian Massif is 30 to 35 km. The western Betics have crust 39 km thick and in three layers whereas the eastern Betics have a crust of 23 km thick in two layers.
Until the Modern Era, Latin was the common language for scholarship and mapmaking.During the 19th and 20th centuries, German scholars in particular have made significant contributions to the study of historical place names, or Ortsnamenkunde.
Tartessos was a centralized Monarchy brought about under Phoenician influence and maintained commercial relations with the area of modern Algarve, inhabited by the Cynetes or Cunetes, and Portuguese Estremadura. [4] Emergence of towns and cities in the southern littoral areas of western Iberia. 9th century BC
Originally found in the old Magdalenian territory of Vasco-Cantabria and the wider Franco-Cantabrian region, Azilian-style culture eventually expanded to parts of Mediterranean Iberia as well. It reflected a much warmer climate, leading to thick woodlands, and the replacement of large herd animals with smaller and more elusive forest-dwellers.
Decisive for the future history of Iberia was the foundation of the Sasanian (or Sassanid) Empire in 224 by Ardashir I. [32] [33] By replacing the weak Parthian realm with a strong, centralized state, it changed the political orientation of Iberia away from Rome. Iberia became a tributary of the Sasanian state during the reign of Shapur I (241