The History of Iberia: Every Year

From around 700 BCE, Celtic tribes began to migrate to Iberia. They came into contact with the Romans, who ruled the entire peninsula for over four centuries until the late 300s CE. They were replaced with various Germanic kingdoms, who were in turn replaced by the Islamic Caliphate. What followed was a gradual reconquest of the area, which had been completed by 1492. After a strengthening of the union of Castile and Aragon in 1516, Iberia took a form roughly similar to today.

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Original Map:

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Thanks to:
Drex for researching
TeeMee for helping speed up the animation process with "Number Animationer"

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Music:
Llibre Vermell - Stella Splendens

[NY_Mapper]

I feel like Iberia is always underepresented in world history. The peninsula had a very rocky history before the 1500s, but nobody really talks about it.

[anonymousanonymous]

I'm honestly surprised that you did not show the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in more detail.

[ZetaThetaMathsGaming]

Spain is a badass country!

Respect from Poland 🇵🇱

[nacht]

Hi Spain it's your nieghbour, Portugal. We are still here, much love!

[Jai-eghe]

Spanish history deserves more attention. Celts and Iberians, Greek and phoenician colonies, Rome, visigoths, muslims, christian kingdoms, disvoverement of a new world, conquest of America, Philippines, even the Netherlands were Spanish!

[Spoiler_One]

Greetings from Italy latin brothers, may our nations be great again

[antediluvian]

Where is the roman conquest? you just skipped 200 years of war...

[cristi.]

Love Spain and Portugal from your latin brother Romania 🇷🇴❤️🇵🇹❤️🇪🇸

[guramiabramishvili]

respect from eastern iberians (Georgia) <3

[EmbraceFlawedness]

I was very surprised when I saw the sudden change for the blue Territories. Then I remembered- Oh Napoleon, how could've I forgotten.

[ElCrispis]

Im from Spain, and im so proud of our history and i feel proud of having been conquisted by those states that make Spain be like Spain is now ❤️Love Portugal too 🇪🇸🇵🇹

[inteligenciaartificial-p]

curious fact: the word Spain (España) It derives from "Hispania" which was the name that the Romans gave to the peninsula, during the Middle Ages the entire peninsula was called Spain despite having several kingdoms, since Spain was the name of a geographical region and not of any country
second curious fact: the kings of León used the title of "emperor of Spain" although Spain was not yet a country, this happens because, as I said before, Spain was a geographical nameThey used it because León was the most powerful kingdom in the peninsula, that is, the most powerful kingdom in Spain. This is why when King Felipe II unites Spain with Portugal, he calls himself "emperor of all Spain." And if Spain is called like that, it is because the objective with which Castile and Aragon were united was to unify the entire peninsula, something that could not be achieved by the Portuguese restoration war.
third curious fact: the word "Al-Andalus" descends from the word "Vandhaucia" which means "land of vandals" since the Germanic vandals came to Africa from the peninsula, and at that time it was used to name the entire peninsula, not just Andalusia.
fourth curious fact: the Greeks called the peninsula iberia, like the area that is now Georgia, they did so because the Iberian indigenous people reminded them of the Georgian indigenous people, since both peoples lived on the banks of the rivers
Fifth curious fact: in Spain, specifically in the south-western area, the kingdom of Tartessus developed, the first organized state in western Europe and One of the first states in Europe, surpassed only by Greece, ate a lot with Greeks and Phoenicians
sixth curious fact: the word Gibraltar does not come from Spanish or English, but from Arabic, it means "the stone of tarik", it was given that name in honor of General Tarik, who led the conquest Of the peninsula, originally it was called "Gilb Ar Tarik" but the word was deformed

Fun fact: Muslims called the Iberian Peninsula al-Andalus and called the rest of Europe "Hispalis"

[ntrakstudio]

The Suebian peoples of North Portugal, Galicia and Asturias has left a unique taste in the Iberian Peninsula

[gagnabil]

Greetings to our friends from Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain from your neighbour
🇦🇩🇬🇮🇵🇹🇪🇦

[alb]

Great detail showing the conquest of Lisbon by Alfonso II riding 700 Kms from Oviedo around the 800 CE!!!! It really impressed me, it reveals a profound researching work. You got my 10!

[HaraldrHarðráði]

This geographic style map look really good. Keep on with it. Nice work.

[rico_ricolino]

There is a spanish surname (Matamoros) that means literally "Moors slayer".

[chronicallyboredenby]

The land on the edge of the Mediterranean, a stones throw away from Africa.
I plan to learn Spanish one day and go there. The history is incredible.

[o.fuentes]

Gadir (Cádiz) its a city founded by phoenicians around 1100 bc

[Αναξ]

Spaniards we want our colonies back . :D
Greetings from Greece to Portuguese and Spanish friends !