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History of
Spain
Historical
findings suggested that Spain was built about
30000 to 50000 B.C. The Iberian population arrived
to the peninsula from the north of Africa. Tartessos
founded an important kingdom of high culture in
the Valley of Guadalquivir River, in the south
of Spain. By 1200 B.C. Celtic tribes entered the
peninsula from the north, mixing up with Iberians
and so generating the Celt Iberian race.
Romans also invaded the colonies in Spain, and
ended up conquering the entire peninsula after
Rome had defeated Carthago. The province Hispania
became part and parcel of Roman Empire and acquired
great importance.
In 409, when
the Roman Empire started to fall, Gothic tribes
invaded and established their kingdom in 419.
Geography of
Spain
Spain occupies
about 85 per cent of the Iberian Peninsula and
is bordered by water for about 88 per cent of
its periphery. The long, unbroken mountain chain
of the Pyrenees, extending about 435 kilometers
(270 miles) from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean
Sea, forms the border with France on the north.
Narrow valleys
which are drained by rapid rivers are situated
between many of the mountains. The coastal plain
is narrow, rarely as much as 32 kilometers (20
miles) wide and in many areas broken by mountains
that descend to the sea to form rocky headlands,
particularly along the Mediterranean coast. There
are six principal mountain chains. The highest
peaks are the Aneto Peak (3,404 metres/11,168
feet) in the Pyrenees and Mulhacén Peak
(3,477 metres/11,407 feet) in the Sierra Nevada
in southern Spain. The highest point in Spain
and its insular territories is Mount Teide (3,715
metres/12,188 feet) on Tenerife in the Canary
Islands.
Location:
Spain, the-beauty-of-nature,
the constitutional monarchy of Europe is occupying
the greater part of the Iberian Peninsula and
surrounded by Bay of Biscay, France, Andorra from
the north side, bounded on the east by Mediterranean
Sea and on the south both by the Atlantic Ocean
and Mediterranean Sea.
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