| A | B |
|---|
| las cuevas | caves |
| probar (ue) | to prove (also means to test out, to taste) |
| la existencia; existir | existance; to exist |
| el hombre prehistórico | prehistoric man |
| contener | to contain |
| el arte rupestre = pinturas prehistóricas | prehistoric drawings/paintings (2) |
| la Península Ibérica | the Iberian Peninsula |
| procecer de | to originate from/come from |
| habitar; los habitantes | to inhabit, the inhabitants |
| la parte oriental; el Oriente | the East (2) |
| la parte noroeste | the northewest |
| Irlandia, Escocia, Alemania | Ireland, Scotland, Germany |
| de lo que hoy es | from what is today... |
| antes de Cristo (a.C.) | before Christ (b.c.) |
| establecer vs. establecerse | to establish vs. to establish oneself |
| fundar | to found (as in a village/town) |
| la mezla | the mixture |
| la raza | the race (of people) |
| una meseta | a plateau |
| Tartesso | civilization in SW Iberian Peninsula mentioned in Greek historical texts as well as in texts by the Israeli prophet Ezequial (Mem. de Esp. Chap 2) |
| colonias mercantiles | trading colonies (mercantile) |
| en busca de | in search of |
| riqueza minera | mineral wealth |
| las costas | the coasts |
| el olivo | the olive tree |
| el alfabeto | the alphabet |
| la cultura helénica | Greek culture (Hellenic...) |
| el uso de monedas | the use of coins/ currency |
| la viña | the grape vine |
| el poder militar | the military power |
| atacar | to attack |
| el emperio romano | the Roman Empire |
| su líder | its leader |
| un puerto | a port city |
| lo que hoy es | which today is |
| durar | to last (as in time) |
| la conquista | the conquest |
| carreteras | highways |
| puentes | bridges |
| aqueductos | aqueducts |
| el concepto de paterfamilias | the name of the idea that the patriarcal figure of the family is in complete control of all assets and family members, male centered power structure |
| el concepto de latifundia | the idea in which a low percent of the population (few individuals) control the land on which the majority of the people live, thereby owning or controlling those people; later leads to serfdom/feudalism and in the Americas the emcomienda (land holders with many indigenous slaves/peasants) |
| la plaza central de un pueblo | Roman town structure? |
| el territorio | territory |
| el latín | language of the Romans that becomes the basis of modern Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Galician, Provencal, Romanian |
