This video looks at the history of Spain. It begins with its prehistory, moves through the Carthaginian period, its time as a Roman colony and subsequent rule by the Visigoths. It then looks at why it was invaded by the Arabs who ruled for 7 centuries and how the reconquista, that is the reconquering of the peninsula by the Christian kingdoms, occurred. It goes through the golden years of empire, why the country lost its superpower status, became unstable in divisions between left and right, and how this led to the Spanish Civil War. It then goes through Franco's period, and Spain's return to democracy.

Source: Phillips, Williams D. and Carla Rahn Phillips. 2016. A Concise History of Spain.

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