Resumen de El próximo oriente, áfrica y la península ibérica en la antigüedad
- español
La historia antigua de Iberia comienza con la fundación de Gadir por fenicios de Tiro (1100 a.C.). Termina con una invasión alentada -o consentida- por una califa asentado en Damasco (710/711 d.C.). Durante este período de tiempo fueron repetidas las ocasiones en las que el Próximo Oriente e Hispania estuvieron en contacto directo. Repetidas fueron también las ocasiones en las que el norte de África e Hispania se encontraron en estrecha interdependencia la una de la otra. La mayor parte de los juegos de poder que involucraron al Próximo Oriente, África e Hispania durante estos 1.800 años se dirimieron por lo demás en torno al estrecho de Gibraltar. Bien porque se buscaba su control estratégico, bien porque a través suyo se transferían tropas de una orilla a otra. En las páginas que siguen se estudia en tres apartados diferenciados el Próximo Oriente África y el Estrecho de Gibraltar en su relación con Hispania.
- English
Ancient Iberian history is considered to have begun with the founding of Gadir by Phoenicians from Tyre, around 1100 B.C, and to have ended in 710/711 A.D. with the invasion encouraged – or at least permitted – by a Damascus-based Caliph. During this period of time, there were a number of times when Hispania and the Near East were in direct contact, and there were also repeated occasions when Hispania and North Africa were closely interdependent on one another. On top of this, it should also be noted that the majority of the power plays involving the Near East, Africa and Hispania during those 1.800 years were settled in the region of the Straits of Gibraltar, whether because the parties were fighting over strategic control of the area or because it was used for the transport of troops from one side to the other. In this article, the relationships between Hispania and the East, Africa and the Straits of Gibraltar are studied from three separate perspectives.
