1. La historia de España
Prehistory up to 1492

2. 30,000 to 50,000 BC- Evidence of life in Spain
Cave paintings of Cova Negra, Piñar, and Altamira
3000 BC- Iberians came from Africa. Iberian Peninsula
1200 BC- Celts entered from northern part of Spain
Celtiberians
1100 BC- Phoenicians came in and founded trading posts- Cadiz

3. 600BC- Greeks interested in trade. Brought grapes and olive trees.
Carthagenians conquered parts of Spain- Punic Wars

4. Romans defeated Carthagenians.
Invaded the peninsula and called it Hispania
400 years of progress
Language
Laws and customs
Religion
Cities
Aqueducts, bridges, roads, temples

5. 409 AD- Romans defeated in Spain by Gothic tribes (Visigoths)
419 AD- Visigoths established their own kingdom
Recared “First Catholic King of Spain”

6. The Moors 711- Moors invaded Spain. Arabic followers of Islam,
Mohammad
Allah
722-Most of Spain defeated except a portion of the north.
Pelayo
732- France
Charles Martel

7. La Reconquista
Period of conflict between the Moors and the Christians
1469- Marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabel of Castile
1492
Moors expelled
Columbus voyage to the New World
Nebrija wrote the rules of grammar

8. Contributions of the Moors
Architecture
Art and literature
Math and sciences- Algebra

9. “El Cid” Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (1043-1099)
Cid- Arabic word “sidi” meaning lord
Spain’s national hero.
Made famous in the epic poem “Cantar de Mio Cid”
Written down by Pere Abbot

10. Epic poem
Long poem which tells the story of some person or a great event
Illiad –story of the Trojan War-Greek
Odyssey-story of Odysseus journey home from the Trojan War-Greek
Chanson du Roland- France
Beowulf-England

11. Names to know for “El Cid”
1086
Moor
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar
El Cid
Emir
Bin Yusef
Allah
Mutamin
Fañez

12. Don Diego
Burgos
King Ferdinand
Castile
Leon
Asturias
Chimene (Jimena)
Don Garcia Ordoñez
Sancho

13. Alfonso
Doña Uraca
King’s champion
Count Gomez
Calajara
Don Martin
Babieca
Valencia
Sol
Elvira