8th Century BC
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 800 | Strong Phoenician influence in the city of Balsa (modern Tavira in the Algarve). | |
| The Celtic Hallstatt culture reaches the local Urnfields Celts of the Northeast, bringing the iron working technology to Iberia. This culture starts to expand to the nearby areas, embracing the northern region of the Levante and the upper Ebro valley. |
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