The people who will later be named…

The people who will later be named Iberians (or dwellers along the Rio Ebro) by the Greeks, migrate to Spain in the third millennium BCE.

The origin of the Iberians is not certain, but archaeological evidence of their metallurgical and agricultural skills supports a theory that they came from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

The Iberians live in small, tightly knit, sedentary tribal groups that are geographically isolated from one another.

Each group develops distinct regional and political identities, and intertribal warfare is endemic.

Other peoples of Mediterranean origin also settle in the peninsula during the same period and, together with the Iberians, mix with the diverse inhabitants.