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  2. Hispania - Wikipedia

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    The Latin term Hispania, often used during Antiquity and the Low Middle Ages, like with Roman Hispania, as a geographical and political name, continued to be used geographically and politically in the Visigothic Spania, as shown in the expression laus Hispaniae, 'Praise to Hispania', to describe the history of the peoples of the Iberian ...

  3. List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula

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    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 ...

  4. Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The historian al-Tabari transmits a tradition attributed to Caliph Uthman, who stated that the road to Constantinople was through Hispania, "Only through Spain can Constantinople be conquered. If you conquer [Spain] you will share the reward of those who conquer [Constantinople]". The conquest of Hispania followed the conquest of the Maghreb. [7]

  5. Iberian Peninsula - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. History of Spain - Wikipedia

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    Germanic control lasted until the Umayyad conquest of Hispania began in 711. The region became known as Al-Andalus, and except for the small Kingdom of Asturias, the region remained under the control of Muslim-led states for much of the Early Middle Ages, a period known as the Islamic Golden Age.

  7. Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    Hispania Ulterior was quiet during the tenure of Longus due to the successful campaign of the previous year. However, during his second year he was incapacitated by illness and died. [96] In Hispania Citerior Varro seized the Suessetani town of Corbio (near Sanguesa, Navarre), north of the River Ebro, and sold the prisoners. The province ...

  8. Hispania Baetica - Wikipedia

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    Hispania Baetica, often abbreviated Baetica, was one of three Roman provinces created in Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula) on 27 BC. Baetica was bordered to the west by Lusitania , and to the northeast by Tarraconensis .

  9. Al-Andalus - Wikipedia

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    Al-Andalus (Arabic: الأَنْدَلُس, romanized: al-ʾAndalus) [a] was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula.The name refers to the different Muslim [1] [2] states that controlled these territories at various times between 711 and 1492.