What is History of Spain?
'''Spain''' is a [[country]] in [[Europe]]. == Early History == People have lived on the [[Iberian Peninsula]] for about 500,000 years. [[Neanderthal]] man came about 200,000 years ago. Modern humans first came about 40,000 years. Thousands of years ago [[Iberian]]s and [[Celt]]s lived there, and the [[Phoenicians]] made a few cities there to get [[tin]] and [[silver]] to trade. The [[Roman Empire]] controlled Spain for three hundred years; then people from [[Eastern Europe]] called [[Visigoths]] fought for Spain, won it from the Romans, and controlled Spain for over two hundred years. [[File:Dama de Elche.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[Lady of Elche]] made by the [[Iberian]]s]] ==Medieval times== The Visigoths converted from [[Arian Christianity]] to [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholics]]. [[Muslims]] who were [[Arab]] and [[Berber people|Berber]] invaded in 711 and conquered Spain in 718. They called it [[Al-Andalus]]. Roman Catholics eventually decided to fight to take Spain back from the Muslims. They fought wars called the [[reconquista]] for more than seven hundred years. They also fought [[Crusades]] against other [[Christian]]s like the [[Cathar]]s. The Moors also fought each other for control of Al-Andalus. In the year [[1492]], they took the last part of Spain that had belonged to the Moors. [[Boabdil]], the last [[Moor]]ish Leader of [[Granada]], gave the city to King Ferdinand of Aragon on [[2 January]] [[1492]], and Christians now ruled all of Spain. Before this, several different kings had ruled different countries in what is now called Spain. Two of these countries, [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]] and [[Aragon]], came together when the king of Aragon, [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand II]], married the queen of Castile, [[Isabella of Castile|Isabella]]. In the same year, 1492, they decided to send [[Christopher Columbus]] to explore the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Columbus found a land there that the people of Europe did not yet know. These were the islands of the [[Caribbean Sea]]. == Late 15th century ==