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5 major regions of Spain

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Meseta, Levant, Pyrenees, Cantabrica, Andalucia

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Meseta

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Extremadura, Castilla la Mancha, Madrid, Castilla Leon

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Levant

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Murcia, Comunidad Velencia

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Andalucia

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Andalucia

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Pyrenees

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Cataluna, Aragon, Navarre, La Rioja, Pais Vasco

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Cantabrica

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Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria

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Official/Co-official langueges of spain

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Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Galician

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Major Rivers

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Ebro, Tajo, Duero, Guadalquivir

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Economy in Cantabria and Asturias

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Dairy products, coal mining

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Horreos

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raised granaries on stone pillars, keep rodents away from grain, found in Galicia and Asturias

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Economy of Galicia

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Shipbuilding

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Balearic islands

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Western med. off the coast of the levant

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Economy of the Pyrenees and major cities

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wine growing (rioja), industrial, Zaragoza, Barcelona

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Economy/major cities of Andalusia

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tourism, Cordoba, Seville, Granada, Malaga, Roman amphitheatre in Merida

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Economy of Levant /major cities etc

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garden of spain, Murcia, agriculture (citrus, olives rice), manufacturing, industrial food processing, Paella (valencia)

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Altamira

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in Cantabria, best example of cave paintings, bulls and bison, human figures

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Cogul

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in Levant, cave paintings show domesticated animals, clear gender roles

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Phoenicians (what did they trade)

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traveled from Tyre, trading empire interested gold, silver, salt, textiles, Moresk mollusk

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1st Punic War

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Carthage loses Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia

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2nd Punic war

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Hannibal Barca v Scipio, loses to Rome

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3rd Punic war

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Rome sacks carthage

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Falcatas

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curved swords used by celtiberians

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verracos (famous examples)

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granite sculptures of animals mostly found in the Meseta, Bulls of Guisando

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Cordoba

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Huge Mosque inside a Cathedral, bridge built by Romans in 1st century

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Amphitheatre of Merida
used for games/theatre, first backdrop, huge stone facade
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Segovia
Aqueduct (HUGE), runs in the meseta carries water a long distance
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Leovigild
Expels byzantines from levant, unifies visigoth, founds city of Vitoria
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Hermenigild
converts to catholicism, banished/exectuted/canonized
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Recared I
official visigoth conversion to Catholicism
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Sisebut
antisemitism, enslaved jews, plague
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Receswinth
Liber Iudiciorum, visigothic law code, increased power of the Church w/i state
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Wamba
Dynastic intrigue, decline of Visigothic power, increased social tensions
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Roderick
last king, loses to Moors at the Battle of Guadalete
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Battle of Guadalete
where Roderick lost to the Moors
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Tariq ibn Ziyad
Moorish ruler who invaded Spain
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Abderraman I of Damascus
emirate of Cordoba, taken over southern part of peninsula
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Abderamen III
First Caliph of Cordoba, autonomous from Africa
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Muhammed bin Abi Amir
de-facto ruler of Al-Andalus,, controls a huge area of Spain
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Mozarabs
Christians who adopted Muslim customs under muslim rule
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Mudejars
muslims living as vassals under Christian rule
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Muladies
christians who accepted Muslim faith and culture
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Conversos
Jews who became Christians, derogatory name
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Tornadizos
Muslims who converted to Christianity
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Enaciados
those who were at home with Christianity and Islam, despised and used as spies by both sides
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Aljama, Juderio
Jewish hidden ghetto/temples
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Rodrigo Diaz
El Cid, conquers Valencia in 1094, letting Christians into the leant
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Military orders of Spain
Calatrava, Santiago, Alcantara, Montesa
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Ferdinand III
preserved the Mosque of Cordoba, brought the bells of Santiago back from the Mosque in cordoba to their original cathedral
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St. Santiago
Santiago Matamoros, (Saint James the Moor Slayer) pilgrimage to the Santiago de Compostella. Cockle shell is the sign of the pilgrimage
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Alfonso X "the Wise"
compiled the Siete Partidas, the law code
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Los Millares
prehistoric settlement in Andalusia, uncovered many artifacts including "owl looking" bowl
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Iberians (known for, animals they raised etc)
known for horsemanship, raised pigs, cattle, sheep. Excellent with daggers/arrows
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Early Iberian Levantine Art
The Biche of Balazote, Sphinx of Agost, Sphinx of Salobral, Lion of Coy
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The Ladies of Carthaginian Art
La Dama de Baza, La Dama de Elche (greek influence), Le Dama de Ibiza
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Spanish born Roman writers
Seneca (stoic), Lucan, Martial, Quintillian
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Spanish born Roman emperors
Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus, Aurelius, Thodosius
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Saint Isodore
revitalized language, law, culture of Roman Hispania in his Spain, wrote Origins. Became Bishop of Seville pushed for religious political reform that gave more power to the Church. Saint of the Internet. Wrote Origins (encyclopedia)
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Antonio Nebrija
published the book of Grammatica, unified Spanish languege
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Cladius Ptolemy (3 big works)
brilliant greco-roman thinker wrote The Almagest (astronomy), The Geography, and the Quadripartitum (astrological)
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La Celestina
Fernando Rojas wrote, tragic comedy about descendants of converted Jews
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Prince Henry the Navigator
Portugese prince who funded nautical missions. created a school at Sagres point
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Vasco de Gama
sailed to India around the cape of Good hope
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Cathedral of Saint Domingo
the first European cathedral in the Americas, in the DR
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Treaty of Tordesillas
divided the new lands outside Europe west of the Cape Verde between Spain and Portugal, Portugal got the east, Spain the west (new world), Portugal got eastern part of Brazil and thats it
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Treaty of Saragossa
peace treaty between Spain and Portugal, to resolve the dispute about the Mollucas islands. Provided a second line of demarcation. divided it east/west
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Pedro Caval
Portugese noble man who discovered Brazil
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Amerigo Vespucci
the first explorer to show that the new land mass Columbus discovered was not connected to Asia and Africa as previously supposed
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The battle of Toro
deciding battle in the war of castillian sucession, Ferdinand told everyone the Portugese had been crushed, so they disbanded
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Tanto Monta, monta tanto
motto of the catholic monarchs, 'as much as one is worth, so too is the other'
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Muhammed XII
22nd ruler of Granada, surrendered to the Catholic forces Granada
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Alhambra Decree
the decree of expulsion, kicking all of the jews out of Spain
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Book of Good Love
Juan Ruiz is the author, one of the most famous examples of Spanish poetry

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