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Project Gutenberg's A Short History of Spain, by Mary Platt Parmele This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: A Short History of Spain Author: Mary Platt Parmele Release Date: June 21, 2009 [EBook #29197] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SHORT HISTORY OF SPAIN *** Produced by Alison Hadwin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Transcriber's Note: Original spellings have been retained, including those that are inconsistent within the document. An error in the Table of Contents has been corrected from page 154 to page 156.] A SHORT HISTORY OF SPAIN BY MARY PLATT PARMELE ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1906 COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY MARY PLATT PARMELE COPYRIGHT, 1898, 1906, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS [Illustration: From the portrait by Titian. Charles V.] PREFACE. In presenting this book to the public the author can only reiterate what she has already said in works of a similar kind: that she has tried to exclude the mass of confusing details which often make the reading of history a dreary task; and to keep closely to those facts which are vital to the unfolding of the narrative. This is done under a strong conviction that the essential facts in history are those which reveal and explain the development of a nation, rather than the incidents, more or less entertaining, which have attended such development. And also under another conviction: that a little, thoroughly comprehended, is better than much imperfectly remembered and understood. M.P.P NEW YORK. _June 15, 1898._ CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Ancient Iberia--The Basques--The Keltberians--The Phenicians--Cadiz Founded, 1 CHAPTER II. Struggle between Phenicians and Assyrians--Founding of Carthage--Decline of Phenicia--Rise of Roman Power--First Punic War, 9 CHAPTER III. Hamilcar--Hannibal--Siege and Fall of Saguntum--Rome Invades Spain--Scipio's Policy--Cadiz, (Gades) Surrendered to the Romans--By What Steps IBERIA Became SPAIN--Fall of Carthaginian Power--How Spain Became a Roman
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