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	Spain Encyclopedia Article @ Vanquishing.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The disastrous Spanish economic situation and the controversial relations with the juggernaut that was Napoleonic France led to the Visigoths on March 17 1808 and forced the abdication of the king in favour of TV Principado de Asturias.
		Spain is a Televisa, with a hereditary United Kingdom and a ISBN 0-9706054-9-8, the Spanish Empire.
		Spain is bound to the south and east by Manila galleons (containing the laSexta), to the north by the Cantabrian Sea and to its west by the Andorra, where the History of Spain off the 51st coast are found.
	vanquishing.net /encyclopedia/Spain (5042 words)

	Flights Spain
		The Kingdom of Spain or Spain (Spanish and Galician: ''Reino de España'' or ''España''; Catalan: ''Regne d'Espanya''; Basque: ''Espainiako Erresuma'') is a country located in the southwest of Europe.
		New Spain was ruled by a Viceroy appointed by the King of Spain.
		The Philippines was administered as a colony of New Spain between 1565 to 1821.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/62/flights-spain.html (936 words)

	TUSPAIN - Travel - Fiestas of Spain - Moors & Christians
		William McGrath explores the role of the Phoenicians in Spain.
		Spain, after all, was known as the ends of the earth.
		Along the eastern coasts of Andalusia, the area between the Guadalhorce river in Málaga and Abdera in Almería, a group of Phoenician colonies followed a different pattern from the one described for Cádiz.
	www.tuspain.com /heritage/her1.htm (1371 words)

	Tour Phoenicia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Trade families eager to exploit the mineral deposits of gold, silver, copper and tin were quick to establish bases both in Spain and to shore up outposts on the trade route all the way back to the homeland.
		In Spain, excavations have found Phoenician settlements strong enough to have survived the fall of Tyre (in 573 BC) and subjugation of eastern Phoenicia.
		Abdera (Adra), Baria (Villaricos), Carmona (Carmo), Gadir (Cadiz), Malaca (Malaga), and Sexi (Almuqecar) all prospered in an area where trade was controlled through Carthage.
	www.babyloniangal.com /files/phoenicia/spanishcoast.html (319 words)

	Livy's History of Rome
		L Canuleius, to whom Spain had been allotted, was instructed to appoint five recuperatores drawn from the senatorial order to try each of the individuals from whom the Spaniards demanded redress, and also to give the complainants permission to take whomsoever they pleased as counsel.
		A deputation from Abdera arrived in Rome, and stood weeping in the porch of the senate-house and protesting that their town had been stormed and sacked by Hortensius.
		Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, and the command of the fleet.
	mcadams.posc.mu.edu /txt/ah/Livy/Livy43.html (7955 words)

	The Maritime Heritage Project Ports: Europe
		Spain's geographic location at the entrance to the Mediterranean is, in many ways, both a blessing and a curse.
		In 1588, the Spanish Armada was dispatched against England by Spain's Catholic King Philip II, leading to an early and important confrontation in the nearly 20-year Anglo-Spanish War of 1585-1604 (the "Twenty Years' War").
		The Spaniards were nonetheless able to regroup quickly, and defeated a retaliatory English invasion force dispatched to Spain and Portugal in 1589.
	www.maritimeheritage.org /ports/europe/spain.htm (895 words)

	Phoenicia
		Among the products imported to other countries we find silver, iron, tin and lead from Spain, ivory and ebony from Africa and India, cloth, wool, wine and precious stones from Syria, perfumes from Israel and Judah and garments, embroidery and cord from Mesopotamia.
		By using the sea routes efficiently, and developing colonies, from which trade to local regions could be performed, the Phoenicians were able to sell their own products, and buy products both for imports to Lebanon as well as resale to other regions around the Mediterranean.
		Phoenician language was a Semitic language of the Northwestern group, as well as of the Canaanite group.
	i-cias.com /e.o/phoenicia.htm (1600 words)

	Adra
		Spain, also known as Kingdom of Spain, is one of the oldest inhabited regions on the planet.
		Administratively, Spain is divided into 50 provinces, grouped into 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities with a high degree of autonomy.
		Almeria is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia.
	www.justtravelspain.com /articles/Spain-Destinations_28457.html (364 words)

	Learn more about Phoenicia in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		From elsewhere they got many other materials, perhaps the most important being tin from Spain and Cornwall in Britain, which together with copper (from Cyprus) was used to make bronze.
		Trade routes from Asia converged on the Phoenician coast as well, causing the Phoenicians to also govern trade between Mesopotamia on the one side and Egypt and Arabia on the other.
		The Phoenicians established commercial outposts throughout the Mediterranean, the most notable being Carthage in North Africa, with others in Cyprus, Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, Spain (the name Spain came from a Phoenician word, which means 'rabbit coast'), and elsewhere.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /p/ph/phoenicia.html (1547 words)

	Abdera, Spain - LoveToKnow 1911
		ABDERA, an ancient seaport town on the south coast of Spain, between Malaca and New Carthage, in the district inhabited by the Bastuli.
		It was founded by the Carthaginians as a trading station, and after a period of decline became under the Romans one of the more important towns in the province of Hispania Baetica.
		This page was last modified 12:20, 15 Sep 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Abdera,_Spain (132 words)

	Hispania - Province of the Roman Empire
		The Roman conquest of Hispania (roughly modern Spain and Portugal) began mainly due to the actions of Carthage.
		Both of these provinces were rich in silver and other precious metals, and their governors did not hesitate to extort extra wealth from the local inhabitants.
		Iberian applied to all tribes that settled by the 5th century BC between the Iberus River and the Huelva River.
	www.unrv.com /provinces/hispania.php (1313 words)

	Iberian Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Spanish Ibero settled in the southern and eastern sections of what is now Spain, from which the entire peninsula got its name.
		The Turdetani tribes were located around the Guadalquivir River valley and were greatly influenced by the Greeks in the Emporion and Alicante regions, as were most of the tribes within the northeast region.
		Towards the southeast greater influence was found from the Malaca, Sexi, and Abdera, colonies which were Phonecian, at one time.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/oldworld/europe/iberianculture.html (350 words)

	Origin by Yair Davidiy chapter two
		Tarsis was on the southwest coast) of Spain, near Gades (Cadiz) to the northwest of Gibraltar.
		Justin is recording a tradition of migration from the southeast of Spain to Gallaecia in the northwest.
		Her husband being thus dead, Scota came to Ireland with her children, as Spain was then a bone of contention between the natives and the many foreign tribes, who had come from the north of Europe to conquer that country” (pp.194, 195).
	www.britam.org /origintwo.html (4484 words)

	anaxarchus - Ask.com Web Search
		Anaxarchus (flourished around 340 BC), a Greek philosopher of the school of Democritus, was born at Abdera in Thrace.
		Anaxarchus (flourished around 340 BC), a Greek philosopher of the school of Democritus, was born at Abdera in Thrace.He was the companion and...
		Anaxarchus flourished around 340 BC a Greek philosopher of the school of Democritus was born at Abdera in Thrace He was the companion and...
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	Spain History - Early History
		Other colonies were started in Malaca (Málaga), Sexi (Almuñecar) and Abdera (Adra).These people are recorded as successfully destroying the previously strong Tartessos.
		During their influence Cadiz grew in wealth and temples were built for human sacrifice to the Gods.
		Hannibal was driven out of Spain in 206 BC and the following year finally defeated in North Africa by Scipio at Zama.
	www.spain-madrid.com /general/history/a-early-history.htm (864 words)

	Herakles in the West - Frater L.
		The strait he made when he broke the mountains apart is now called the Strait of Gibraltar, between Spain and Morocco, the gateway from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, first reconnoitred by the Phoenician Melkarth.
		Usual opinion identifies the mountains with the rock of Calpe (Gibraltar) and the rock of Abyla (Ceuta) on the northern and southern sides of the straits.
		The oldest examples are from Gades ca.300 BC, followed by issues at Sexi, Abdera in Spain, Tirgis and Lixus, ca.
	www.jwmt.org /v1n7/herakles.html (3159 words)

	Phoenician Colonies
		The first colonies were Cadiz on the Atlantic side of Spain, Lixis on the Atlantic side of Morocco, Utica on the coast of North Africa, and Kition on the island of Cyprus.
		When combined with the Phoenicians' earlier cities along the east coast of the Mediterranean, that was an impressive span of settlement.
		Details of these settlements are shown in Chapters 13 to 21 of Phoenicians: Lebanon's Epic Heritage, along with maps and descriptions recounting their adventurous early days.
	www.phoenician.org /phoenician_colonies.htm (571 words)

	Phoenicia - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		From elsewhere they got many other materials, perhaps the most important being tin from Spain and from Cornwall in Britain, that together with copper (from Cyprus) was used to make bronze.
		Trade routes from Asia converged on the Phoenician coast as well, enabling the Phoenicians to govern trade between Mesopotamia on the one side, and Egypt and Arabia on the other.
		The Phoenicians established commercial outposts throughout the Mediterranean, the most notable being Carthage in North Africa, with others in Cyprus, Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, Spain, and elsewhere.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=24202 (2366 words)

	Carthago supervivenda est! - Alternate History Discussion Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		BCE - Southeastern Spain and the Atlantic coast of Morocco as far south as Sala (modern Rabat) are colonized by Phoenicians.
		Small cities are the norm (Malaka, Sexi, and Abdera in Spain, and Tingis, Lixus, Tamusida, and Semes on the African side), with seasonal trading emporia established along the Portuguese coast and along the African coast.
		As a result, many trading posts and even small cities are abandoned; the Phoenician colonists of southern Spain retreat to Gadir, and the African traders fold up their emporium at Mogador and return north.
	www.alternatehistory.com /discussion/showthread.php?t=1338 (2889 words)

	Phoenicia
		From their own country came the purple ink as well as the famous wood of the cedars of Lebanon.
		From elsewhere they got many other materials, perhaps the most important being tin from Spain and Britain, which together with copper (from Cyprus) was used to make bronze.
		Their ships ventured out into the Atlantic ocean as far as Britain, where the tin mines in modern Cornwall provided them with important material.
	www.findword.org /ph/phoenicia.html (951 words)

	Brit-Am Now 610
		Diodorus Siculus quotes Hecataeus of Abdera ca 300 BCE as saying that Stonehenge was in use in his time.
		Philistines along with Phoenicians (Amos 1:6, 9 4:2) were responsible under Assyrian direction for transporting Israelites to the West, to Spain, Gaul, and probably also to the British Isles.
		At all events those Israelites who were taken to Spain later moved further westward to Britain and Ireland.
	www.britam.org /now/610Now.html (1853 words)

	mesta — FactMonster.com
		The mesta yielded large revenues to the crown, but its monopoly of large areas of land exhausted the soil and contributed to the economic decline of Spain by preventing intensive agriculture.
		Abdera - Abdera or Avdira, town, NE Greece, in Thrace, near the mouth of the Mesta River.
		Macedonia, region, Europe: Land and People - Land and People Corresponding roughly with ancient Macedon, it extends from the Aegean Sea...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0832873.html (200 words)

	History of Phoenicia eBook
		In the Central and Western Mediterranean—in Africa, Utica, Hippo-Zaritis, Hippo Regius, Carthage, Hadrumetum, Leptis Minor, Leptis Major, and Thapsus;—in Sicily, Motya, Eryx, Panormus, Solocis;—between Sicily and Africa, Cossura, Gaulos, and Melita;—in Sardinia, Caralis, Nora, Sulcis, and Tharros;—in the Balearic Isles;—in Spain, Malaca, Sex, Abdera.
		Outside the Straits of Gibraltar;—in Africa, Tingis, and Lixus; in Spain, Tartessus, Gades, and Belon—Summary.
		The narrowness of the territory which the Phoenicians occupied the military strength of their neighbours towards the north and towards the south, and their own preference of maritime over agricultural pursuits, combined to force them, as they began to increase and multiply, to find a vent for their superfluous population in colonies.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/2331/46.html (261 words)

	AllRefer.com - Abdera, Greece (Greek Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Abdera, Greece (Greek Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
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	Year 1815, July-December, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]
		Joaquín González Terán, O.P. Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
		Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
		Simón López García, C.O. Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
	www.catholic-hierarchy.org /events/b1815b.html (292 words)

	The Stereoscope and the Stereograph
		Democritus of Abdera, commonly known as the Laughing Philosopher, probably because he did not consider the study of truth inconsistent with a cheerful countenance, believed and taught that all bodies were continually throwing off certain images like themselves, which subtle emanations, striking on our bodily organs, gave rise to our sensations.
		The glass views on the Rhine, and of the Pyrenees in Spain, are of consummate beauty.
		As a specimen of the most perfect, in its truth and union of harmony and contrast, the view of the Circus of Gavarni, with the female figure on horseback in the front ground, is not surpassed by any we remember to have seen.
	www.yale.edu /amstud/inforev/stereo.html (6446 words)

	EDUCATION PLANET: 516 Asia sites
		The expedition was sponsored by Queen Isabella of Spain, provided that Columbus would conquer some of the islands and mainland for Spain.
		Democritus (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) - Democritus (460-370 BCE.) Democritus was born at Abdera, about 460 BCE, although according to some 490.
		His father was from a noble family and of great wealth, and contributed largely towards the entertainment of the army of Xerxes on his return to Asia.
	www.educationplanet.com /search/Geography/Continents/Asia?offset=150 (373 words)

	Spain Locations List - A Coruna to Abdera
		Spain Locations List - A Coruna to Abdera
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		Abdera, Andalucia, Populated Place, Long: -3.016667 Lat: 36.73333
	www.traveljournals.net /explore/spain/locations/a/1.html (505 words)

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		Abdera Numismatics: Ancient Greek coins and Gold coins
		Abdera Numismatics carries a wide variety of old coins, and gold coins.
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