The Iberian peninsula
Dec 16, 2015
5 significant events
∑ Early Bronze Age, 2250–1500 b.c.
∑ Iron age, 700-200 b.c.∑ Tartessian rule, ca. 800–540 b.c.∑ Carthaginian rule, 237–201 b.c∑ Intermittent Roman rule, 200–19 b.c
Early Bronze Age, 2250–1500 b.c
1600 BC. A lot of natural gold throughout Iberian Peninsula leads to a burgeoning gold-working tradition.
Though gold was evidently a desirable material for jewelry in both life and death.
Iberian goldsmiths produced a limited range of objects including decorated sheets, rings, beads, and bracelets.
Cups and bowls were also made from gold.
Tartessian rule, ca. 800–540 b.c.
Tartness's' trade with the Phoenicians and
Carthaginians.The kingdom of
Tartness's collapses.After this the
Carthaginian rule.
Carthaginian rule, 237–201 b.c
The Carthaginians combine forces with the Etruscans to
gain control of the Mediterranean.
The Carthaginian attack on Saguntum results in the
Second Punic War.Carthage surrenders and is forced to pay an enormous war indemnity and abandon
all its possessions in the Iberian Peninsula