Words & Pictures
Copyright 2012
Roberto Sawatzki
Catalonia is Not Spain!
3000 BC
Iberians farm and build villages, including Cartagena and Tarragona. 1000’s BC Phoenicians colonize Spain, establish cities of Cadiz and Malaga. 900 – 600 BC Celtics move into northern Spain.
575 BC Greeks establish trading posts 237 BC Carthaginian along the east coast at Emporiae (now leader Hamilcar Barca known as Amprias) and Rhoda (Rosas). lands with an army at Cadiz 400’s BC Cathaginians conquer much of and founds city of Barcino, Iberian peninsula now known as Barcelona.