# Canonical recap data for Unification of Spain (1479)
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slug: unification-spain
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1479/unification-spain"
title: Unification of Spain
subtitle: The marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon forged the Spanish kingdoms into a unified state, reshaping European geopolitics.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1479-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1479
decade: 1470
country:
name: Spain
slug: spain
summaryShort: The history of Spain dates to contact between the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula with the Greeks and Phoenicians. During Classical Antiquity, the peninsula was the site of multiple successive colonizations of Greeks, Carthaginians, and Romans. Native peoples of the peninsula, such
summaryLong: The history of Spain dates to contact between the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula with the Greeks and Phoenicians. During Classical Antiquity, the peninsula was the site of multiple successive colonizations of Greeks, Carthaginians, and Romans. Native peoples of the peninsula, such as the Tartessos, intermingled with the colonizers to create a uniquely Iberian culture. The Romans referred to the entire peninsula as Hispania, from which the name "Spain" originates. As was the rest of the Western Roman Empire, Spain was subject to numerous invasions of Germanic tribes during the 4th and 5th centuries AD, resulting in the end of Roman rule and the establishment of Germanic kingdoms, marking the beginning of the Middle Ages in Spain.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Italian-unification.gif/1280px-Italian-unification.gif"
heroImageCredit: Artemka · via Wikipedia
importance: 77
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Spain"
  title: Unification of Spain
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: "The history of Spain dates to contact between the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula with the Greeks and Phoenicians. During "
wikidataQid: Q7781
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  capturedAt: 2026-07-03
  label: Unification of Spain
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Spain"
