10 Facts About Iberians

1.

Iberians were an ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian peninsula, at least from the 6th century BC.

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2.

The Iberians lived in villages and oppida and their communities were based on a tribal organization.

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3.

The Iberians had extensive contact with Greek colonists in the Spanish colonies of Emporion, Rhode, and Hemeroskopeion.

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4.

Iberians had contacts with the Phoenicians, who had established various colonies in southern Andalucia.

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5.

Iberians produced sculpture in stone and bronze, most of which was much influenced by the Greeks and Phoenicians, and other cultures such as Assyrian, Hittite and Egyptian influences.

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6.

Iberians performed their rites in the open and maintained sanctuaries in holy places like groves, springs and caves.

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7.

The Iberians incinerated their dead and placed their ashes in ceremonial urns, the remains were then placed in stone tombs.

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8.

In set piece battle, Iberians were known to regularly charge and retreat, throwing javelins and shouting at their opponents without actually committing to full contact combat.

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9.

The Iberians were particularly fond of ambushes and guerrilla tactics.

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10.

Iberians dwelt along eastern and southern coastal regions of the Iberian Peninsula, that corresponds to the northwestern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, roughly in today's Catalonia, Eastern, Northeastern and Northern Aragon, Valencian Community, Murcia Region, Eastern Andalucia, and the Balearic Islands, and in today's Roussillon and parts of Languedoc .

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