First Iron Age: Tartessos, Phoenicians and Greeks

The History of Spain Podcast

This is episode 4 called First Iron Age: Tartessos, Phoenicians and Greeks and in this episode you will learn:
SHOW NOTES
- The emergence of Tartessos in the Guadalquivir Valley area, the literary references and the possible location of their capital
- The importance of mineral resources for the rise of Tartessian culture, that is a confluence between native and Phoenician cultures
- The findings of El Turuñuelo led by Sebastián Celestino and Esther Rodríguez
- The political system and myths of Tartessos
- A quick overview to Tartessian history, from their rise to their fall in the 5th century BC
- Where did the Phoenicians come from, where did they build their colonies and in what did they base their power
- The peaceful collaboration between Tartessians and Phoenicians
- What did the Phoenicians bring to Spain
- The fall of Phoenician power after the fall of Tyre in 573 BC
- The Greek Phocaean colonies like Emporion or Rhodes in eastern Spain (Catalonia and Valencia)
- How and why were the Greek colonial expeditions organized
- The rise of Emporion