Iberian Peninsula By: Colton Hedden

Chalcolithic Period (Copper Age) In the Chalcolithic or Copper Age (c BC in Iberia) Many different cultures developed, which would give rise to the first civilizations in Iberia and to extensive exchange networks reaching to the Baltic, the Middle East and North Africa. At about 2150 BC the Bell Beaker Culture intruded into Chalcolithic Iberia, being of Central European origin.

Copper Period (Continued) Items such as this statue were created during this period.

The Bronze Age Bronze Age cultures developed beginning c.1800 BC, when the civilization of Los Millares was followed by that of El Agar. From this centre, bronze technology spread to other areas, such as those of the Bronze of Levante, South-Western Iberian Bronze and Cogatos I. Statues such as this one shown were created during this time period.

1 st Punic War The First Punic War (264 to 241 BC) was the first of three major wars fought between Ancient Carthage and the Roman Republic. For 23 years, the two powers struggled for supremacy in the western Mediterranean Sea, primarily on the Mediterranean island of Sicily and its surrounding waters but also to a lesser extent in the Apennine Peninsula and North Africa.

2 nd Punic War The Second Punic War, also referred to as The Hannibalic War and (by the Romans) The War Against Hannibal, lasted from 218 to 202 BC and involved combatants in the western and eastern Mediterranean This was the second major war between Carthage and the Roman Republic

The Carthaginians Carthage gained independence around 650 BC Carthage was in a constant state of struggle with the Roman Republic. Carthage was destroyed and then occupied by Roman forces.

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