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In Greco-Roman geography, Iberia (Ancient Greek: Ἰβηρία Iberia; Latin: Hiberia; Parthian: wurğān; Middle Persian: wiručān) was an exonym for the Georgian kingdom of Kartli (Georgian: ქართლი), known after its core province, which during Classical Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages was a monarchy in the Caucasus, either as ...
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 ...
The Suevic Kingdom eventually received official recognition from the Romans for their settlement there in Gallaecia. It was the first kingdom separated from the Roman Empire that minted coins. Invasion of the Iberian peninsula by the Vandals (Silingi and Hasdingi) and the Sarmatian Alans. 410 – Rome is sacked by the Visigoths under King Alaric I.
The Kingdom of the Iberians (Georgian: ქართველთა სამეფო, romanized: kartvelta samepo) was a medieval Georgian monarchy under the Bagrationi dynasty which emerged circa 888 AD, succeeding the Principality of Iberia, in historical region of Tao-Klarjeti, or upper Iberia in north-eastern Turkey as well parts of modern southwestern Georgia, that stretched from the ...
The taifas (green) in 1031. The taifas (from Arabic: طائفة ṭā'ifa, plural طوائف ṭawā'if, meaning "party, band, faction") were the independent Muslim principalities and kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal and Spain), referred to by Muslims as al-Andalus, that emerged from the decline and fall of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba between 1009 and 1031.
The Visigothic Kingdom, Visigothic Spain or Kingdom of the Goths (Latin: Regnum Gothorum) was a barbarian kingdom that occupied what is now southwestern France and the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th to the 8th centuries.
Iberia became a Persian province ruled by a marzpan (governor). The Iberian nobles acquiesced to this change without resistance, [ 1 ] while the heirs of the royal house withdrew to their highland fortresses – the main Chosroid line in Kakheti , and the younger Guaramid branch in Klarjeti and Javakheti .
The Kingdom of Iberia was a Georgian monarchy from 302 BC to AD 580. Kingdom of Iberia may also refer to: Kingdom of the Iberians, AD 888 to 1008; Kingdom of Georgia, 1008 to 1490; Kingdom of Kartli, 1460s to 1762