Thesaurus

Term: España

Description

Area inhabited by Neanderthals 20,000 BC, Homo Sapiens 13,000 BC; growth of Almer$00ia culture 3000 BC, El Argar 2000 BC, & Tartessus 1000 BC; colonized by Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans & Visigoths; Muslim conquest 8th cen.; global expansion 15th-19th cen.;official language is Spanish, though Catalan, Galician & Basque are also spoken.