A Brief Travel History of Spain

A Brief Travel History of Spain

Full of world class museums and architecture and unique cultural practices like bullfights and flamenco dancing Spain provides a unique European destination. This Brief Travel History of Spain allows you to read about Spanish history from the Stone Age to the present in just 1 hour, whether you are planning a trip to Spain or just traveling vicariously as an armchair traveler this eBook is for you. You can read it before your trip or while you are flying to your destination. Also pack it in your smart phone and use it to access historic information while you are traveling in 5 minutes or less.

The chapter headings with corresponding date ranges and estimated reading times are listed below:

Table of Contents

Map of Present Day Spain

Introduction

1. Prehistoric Iberia: 800,000 BP-1,200BC (6 minutes)

2. Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians: 1,100 BC-209 BC (4 minutes)

3. Roman Spain: 210 BC-AD 409 (10 minutes)

4. The Earl Middle Ages: Visigothic Spain: 409-711 (3 minutes)

5. The Early Middle Ages: Moorish Spain: 711—1250 (8 minutes)

6. The Later Middle Ages: 1250-1516 (3 minutes)

7. The Renaissance: Habsburg Spain and the Spanish Empire: 1516-1700 (4 minutes)

8. The Bourbon Monarchy and the Spanish Enlightenment: 1700-1833 (9 minute)

9. The Enlightenment: The Age of Reform: 1833-1931 (8 minutes)

10. The Modern Era: 1931-Present (5 minutes)

This eBook is part of a series of Brief Travel Histories, found at www.BriefTravelHistories.com, that traces the past of European countries from the Stone Age to the present in 2 hours or less.

These histories serve as a quick reference which puts historic information at your fingertips while you are traveling! Choose the historic period and date range you want by clicking on the appropriate chapter heading in the table of contents, you will be brought to the chapter title page where you can click on subheadings which can be read in 5 minutes or less.