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Iberian Peninsula
By: Colton Hedden
Chalcolithic Period (Copper Age)
• In the Chalcolithic or Copper Age (c. 3000 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.
1st 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.
2nd 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.