1. Various Iberian tribes inhabited the northeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula from around 3000 BC to 476 AD. They lived in walled settlements near rivers and practiced agriculture, animal husbandry, and crafts. 2. The Phoenicians arrived in the Iberian Peninsula around the 7th century BC and established colonies along the coast, attracted by metals like gold and silver. They traded with the Iberian tribes. 3. The Greeks arrived in the 6th century BC and founded colonies like Empuries to trade metals, salt, and esparto grass. The Romans conquered the Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd century BC, organizing it as the province of Hispan