History of Spain (Part One)
Geography and Old territorial Divisions
Geognphy
is made up
Thg qctreme South
of
of the nations of
Spain almost touches the
and
continent
to
of
ASr'cc'
The Greek geogapher,Strabo, speaking about the lberian Peninsula,
compareQ it with the hide
Dt n't \
"f
Spain has
5
a
mountain chains which have been
fumet6
Quringthe centuries.
In the north the
notvery high,
FV ren 4€ S
lberia n Pen insu a
from the rest of Europe.
thffi
I
ft
has
often been
said
separate France from Spain. Although
irad theeffectof
the
isola ina
that A$rl?n, begins with the Pyrenees,
(nefrAn! )
Ahvancing toward the west, we have th" Cn-r*abnan Mountains
which rise up near the north coast in inceasing height as they extend
toward the south,
it
(A-MS a great deal; therefore, the
ln the north of Spain,
and pastures are green all year.
To the north
through the
popular with
of Madrid, in the central partofthe
country, we pass
Mountains. lt is a region that was always
looking for a place to hunt.
We continue toward the south and soon *oss the
mountains which separate Castilla and
. Here we stop
To the south, where the climate is drier, alongthe highway we see the
groves that grow so well in this red soil.
many O
liv€-
Not far {romthe ffrkdittrahlrrnCoast we find thr- torulf\W0d,,U
mountains. Near the city of e-rrf ' nf{ A we see the peak which are
covered with Svrn r.J throughout rnost ofthe year.
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imporlant riverc which have been avenues of
communication. First for{XnlO$ig}and commerce and then for the
establishrnent o( colonies an4 rr.lJA ci tLA-A)
Spain
has
€brc
River which"passes through
Beginning in the north we have the
the historic city of Zaragoza. lt then emptfes into the (Wrl,,rlTr(0ytWflSea
on the east coast of ipain. On both sides ofthe riverthere are QAAAJLU
fields ofthis region.
which supply water forthe numerous
h'C0:
AIso in the northern part we find the }*0A/3 River, The river p?sses
throuqh the historic city
- . tater it empties into the
At{a^+rc.
ocean.
of -\o-oro
-'
ln the central part ofthe Peninsula, we find the hmous
River. We see that the river forms a giant U aroundthe city
A short distance to the south we find the
river passes through the Grnous city
The last and most famous river
Arabic rneans
ptovlnce
we now ca
t,
"f [\And
a
(b Toledo).
.
lhis
.
of Spa\n is the
0-
U^4{] which in
River. lt is lodted in the old
. The river p?sses through
dividing this beautiful city into 2 parts. From here
set sail on hfs voyage which proveQthatthe earth was round'