History of Nationality in Gibraltar - Pre-Modern History

Pre-Modern History

See also: History of Gibraltar

As with rest of the Iberian Peninsula, Gibraltar was inhabited by various groups, including Phoenicians, Romans, Vandals, and Visigoths, until 711 when the Muslim conquest of the peninsula began with the invasion of Gibraltar. In 1492, with the "reconquest" of the peninsula, the Catholic Monarchs took control of the area.

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