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The history of Spain dates to contact between the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula with the Greeks and Phoenicians. During Classical Antiquity, the peninsula was the site of multiple successive colonizations of Greeks, Carthaginians, and Romans.
- Timeline of Spanish history
This is a timeline of Spanish history, comprising important...
- Contemporary history
The contemporary history of Spain is the historiographical...
- History of the territorial organization
The history of the territorial organization of Spain, in the...
- History of Spain (1808–1874)
The defeat of the Spanish army at Ayacucho was the...
- Timeline of Spanish history
Hiszpania ma długą historię i bogate dziedzictwo kulturowe. Przez setki lat była częścią Starożytnego Rzymu, w XV wieku stworzyła własne Imperium Hiszpańskie, jedno z największych imperiów w historii świata – imperium, nad którym nigdy nie zachodzi słońce.
This is a timeline of Spanish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Spain and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Spain .
Spain, [f] formally the Kingdom of Spain, [a] [g] is a country in Southwestern Europe with territories in North Africa. [11] [h] Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe, It is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state.Spanning across the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the ...
The contemporary history of Spain is the historiographical discipline and a historical period of Spanish history. However, conventionally, Spanish historiography tends to consider as an initial milestone not the French Revolution, nor the Independence of the United States or the English Industrial Revolution, but a decisive local event: the ...
The history of the territorial organization of Spain, in the modern sense, is a process that began in the 16th century with the dynastic union of the Crown of Aragon and the Crown of Castile, the conquest of the Kingdom of Granada and later the Kingdom of Navarre.
The defeat of the Spanish army at Ayacucho was the definitive end of Spain's empire on the South America mainland. The arrival of Spanish forces in the American colonies began in 1814, and was briefly successful in restoring central control over large parts of the Empire.