Iberian Peninsula
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But as Rubio said, cowboy lineage can be traced to the Iberian Peninsula — as far back as the late medieval era, before Spain as a nation even existed.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
Scientists say human-driven climate change is increasing the length, intensity and frequency of extreme weather events such as the floods and heatwaves that have struck the Iberian Peninsula in recent years.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
Slavery also grew in the Islamic world of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, we learn, and in sub-Saharan Africa during the first millennium.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
An international team of researchers has identified a previously unknown Neanderthal site on the southern edge of the Iberian Peninsula, located along Portugal's Algarve coast.
From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2025
From there, Islam spread through North Africa along the Mediterranean, across to the Iberian Peninsula, and over to France.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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