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History of Spain: A Captivating Guide to Spanish History, Starting from Roman Hispania through the Visigoths, the Spanish Empire, the Bourbons, and the War of Spanish Independence to the Present
History of Spain A Captivating Guide to Spanish History Starting from Roman Hispania through the Visigoths the Spanish Empire the Bourbons and the War of Spanish Independence to the Present
Author: Captivating History
ISBN-13: 9781637160718
ISBN-10: 1637160712
Publication Date: 12/5/2020
Pages: 148
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Publisher: Captivating History
Book Type: Paperback
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The first chapter was eye-opening because Captivating History took Spain's history back to the Stone Age, where hominids appeared on the Iberian Peninsula. The book mentions crude tools, hominids that eventually emerged into neanderthals, and cave art. The humans drew animals that have been gone for centuries. It made me wonder why there was so much activity on the Iberian Peninsula when life was supposed to have begun in the Tiber-Euphrates River Valley. This chapter was absolutely fascinating.

The Iberian Peninsula has witnessed an incredible amount of history. Captivating History offered a clear, concise explanation of the Punic Wars. After Rome dominated the Iberian Peninsula, Romans were sent to rule. They tended to be greedy and vicious; rebellions were common. The locals tended to be slaughtered in the thousands for rising up against the Romans.

After suppressing the rebellions, Rome moved to pacification and assimilation with the Hispanics. The idea was to teach Hispania of the riches of Roman culture and society. Roman war veterans were encouraged to live there. Romans built bridges, aqueducts, and other architectural marvels. Before long, the Hispanics were building in the Roman style. Another change was the Hispanics absorbed the Roman deities into their pagan beliefs. Later, Christianity started to grow on the Peninsula.

The Roman Empire faltered as the Visigoths (German tribes) migrated westward into the Iberian Peninsula; eventually, they adopted Arian Christianity (Jesus Christ is separate from God the Father and subservient to him) and controlled Iberia. In the early 700s, the Muslims overtook the Visigoths and controlled Iberia until around 1212 CE.

The remaining chapters are a rapidly-evolving story of civil war, world wars, dictators, and monarchs. I thought the explanation of the Hapsburgs and Bourbons in Spanish history was really helpful. The thumbnail sketch of Horatio Nelson's naval exploits was brief but exciting. Finally, this book explains the long way the Spanish have traveled and the way the population is turning the country to face the future.


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