Iberian Peninsula / 伊比利亚半岛

Overview

The Iberian Peninsula / 伊比利亚半岛 is the European landmass opposite North Africa that frames the Ceuta episode’s discussion of Spain, Portugal, al-Andalus, Reconquista, and maritime expansion.

Current Profile

In this source, Iberia is not only a European region. Its southern coast is part of a two-shore world around the Strait of Gibraltar / 直布罗陀海峡, and its internal Christian-Muslim frontier history helps explain why Portuguese expansion could move from mainland consolidation to North Africa and the Atlantic.

Key Characteristics

• Contains the Spanish and Portuguese mainland setting behind the episode.
• Sits opposite Ceuta and Morocco across the Strait of Gibraltar.
• Holds the al-Andalus and Reconquista sequence that precedes early-modern overseas expansion.

Evidence

• Regional evidence: 496 移民潮背后的休达：从古典时代蛮族渡海、伊比利亚「收复失地运动」到葡萄牙大航海 uses Iberia to connect Ceuta with Spain, Portugal, and North Africa.
• Conquest-sequence evidence: 496 移民潮背后的休达：从古典时代蛮族渡海、伊比利亚「收复失地运动」到葡萄牙大航海 moves from Islamic rule and Christian kingdoms to Portuguese post-1249 expansion.
• Maritime-transition evidence: 496 移民潮背后的休达：从古典时代蛮族渡海、伊比利亚「收复失地运动」到葡萄牙大航海 treats the peninsula’s completed western Reconquista as one reason Portugal looked outward.

Qualifications

This is a source-bounded regional page and does not attempt a complete Iberian history.

What Changed

• Created the Iberian Peninsula page for the Ceuta, Reconquista, and Portuguese expansion branch.

Relationships

• Spain - Iberian state tied to Ceuta’s modern sovereignty.
• Portugal - Iberian state whose North African expansion begins with Ceuta in the source.
• Strait of Gibraltar / 直布罗陀海峡 - crossing zone between Iberia and North Africa.
• Iberian Reconquista / 伊比利亚收复失地运动 - historical process that shapes the source’s expansion logic.