Spain
Spain is a European country located in what is known as the Iberian Peninsula. ... Spain also shares a coastline to the Atlantic Ocean with Portugal. Spain enjoys a temperate climate with hot summers and cold winters. ... The official history of Spain dates back to the fifth century AD to the Visigoth’s who gained control of all the Iberian Peninsula from the Romans. ... The presence of Celtic tribes in the south was also prevalent in Spain, along with the native Iberian civilizations. It is believed that the Iberian civilizations originated from the Mediterranean area and arrived in Spain somewhere around the third millennium BC, though their true origins are still unknown. A Celt-Iberian race formed from the native Iberian tribes in Spain and the Celtic tribes. ... The Greeks colonized mainly along Spain’s Mediterranean coast. The Punic wars between Rome and Cartage eventually came along and that is when Spain experienced its most drastic change. ... Rome also spread out into large parts of Spain and both counties used the peninsula for a training ground for the upcoming Second Punic War. Carthage ultimately lost the second Punic War to Rome and with that they also lost all territorial claim in Spain. ... For the first time Spain was an independent nation under the Visigoths, whose rule began in 419 and would end in 711.