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  1. Catalonia was first settled during the Middle Palaeolithic era. Like the rest of the Mediterranean side of the Iberian Peninsula, the area was occupied by the Iberians and several Greek colonies were established on the coast before the Roman conquest. It was the first area of Hispania conquered by the Romans.

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    History. Catalonia was formerly a principality of the crown of Aragon, and it has played an important role in the history of the Iberian Peninsula. From the 17th century it was the centre of a separatist movement that sometimes dominated Spanish affairs. Catalonia was one of the first Roman possessions in Spain.

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    History of Catalonia - Wikipedia

    The recorded history of the lands of what today is known as Catalonia begins with the development of the Iberian peoples while several Greek colonies were established on the coast before the Roman conquest. It was the first area of Hispania conquered by the Romans. It then came under Visigothic rule after the … See more

    The first known human settlements in what is now Catalonia were at the beginning of the Middle Palaeolithic. The oldest known trace of human occupation is a mandible found in See more

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    Visigothic and Muslim rule
    In the 5th century, as part of the invasion of the Roman Empire by Germanic tribes, the Visigoths led by Athaulf, installed themselves in the … See more

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    Napoleonic Wars
    In 1808, during the Napoleonic Wars, Catalonia was occupied by the troops of General Guillaume Philibert Duhesme. The official Spanish … See more

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    Rise of the Iberian culture
    An iron using culture first appeared in eastern Iberia in the 8th century BC. By the 5th century BC, … See more

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    Dynastic union with Aragon
    Until the middle of the 12th century, the successive counts of Barcelona tried to expand their domain in multiple directions. Ramon Berenguer III incorporated the County of Besalú, part of the County of Empúries See more

    Crown of Aragon union with Crown of Castile
    Ferdinand's 1469 marriage to Isabella I of Castile brought about a dynastic union of the Crown of Aragon … See more

    Franco's dictatorship
    As in the rest of Spain, the Franco era (1939–1975) in Catalonia saw the annulment of democratic liberties, the prohibition and … See more

     
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