HISTORY 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: La Convivencia, Cohousing, Visigoths
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The place whose history will shape exploration and conquest. Different areas in the peninsula represent different polities in the various regions. Ports were an attractor to trading and expansion on the mediterranean. Romans were drawn to the coast to move inland. The romans called it hispania - their rule lays down the basic elements of language and roman law. This is enforced and will persist throughout the ages. Invasions from the north are constituted as a barbarian - a way outsiders are seen to insiders. They were christians and moving in to take over new areas. They bring the ideas of kingships and the unity of iberia being subdivided into regional kingdoms. The fragmentation of iberia into kingdoms allows it to be invaded by others because they are more vulnerable. 711 - wave of muslim invaders from the middle east and africa across the straits of.
