THE HISTORY

OF MURCIA
Since its foundation until nowadays
 THE BEGINNING

The first sign of human presence was

found in 1.500.000 B.C
 THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS
The first
civilization in
Murcia were the
Iberian people in
750 B.C.
Then the Celtic
people came in
VI and VII B.C.
They mixed with
the Iberians but
they didn’t
replaced them.
THE ROMAN EMPIRE
One part of Murcia was
founded by Romans in 223
B.C. Then, they conquered
all Murcia. The most
important city was Quart
Hadasat and then it was
called Cartago Nova. The
Roman power over Murcia
finished in 476 A.C. The
polytheism was the official
religion in the Roman Empire
until 333 A.C when the
Christian religion was
established.
 THE GERMAN PEOPLE

The Suevi, the Vandals and the Visigoths

are some of German kingdoms which
invaded Murcia. The most important of
them is the Visigoth kingdom. They
replaced Roman people in Murcia. It was
in 476 A.C. They didn’t replaced the
languages, religions nor habits.
 THE MUSLIM
The Muslim arrived in Murcia in 713 A.C.
Abdurrahman II founded the city in
825. They called it Mursiya. It was very
powerful because of the agriculture.
 THE MUSLIM DROP
The most important reason
of the Muslim drop was the
division of the Al-Andalus
(the Muslim kingdom) in
isolated kingdoms called
Taifa’s Kingdoms. It was a
period of instability. The
Muslim had all Murcia but
Aledo, an important town
for the communication,
which was conquered by the
Christians in 1086. The
Christian came from the
north of the Iberian
Peninsula.
THE NEW INVADERS
The Almoravids
invaded the Iberian
Peninsula and they
governed Murcia in
the XIIth century.
In 1165, the Almohad
conquered Murcia.
Their reign was very
short because the
Christians took the
control of the city
78 years later.
Muslim Kingdom in 1243
 THE CHRISTIANS
The Christians started to
govern Murcia in 1243 when
Alfonso X el Sabio was
reigning. They reorganized
the territory. There were
many fights between XIII
and XV centuries, in the
Middle Ages. Although the
Christians were governing,
the people kept up habits,
words, invents and the
development in agriculture.
 THE SOCIETY OF THE MIDDLE
AGES
The characteristics of the society were
these:
 The population didn’t grow very much
because of the epidemics, the floods, the
pests, the bad crops and the bad sanitary
conditions.
 The agriculture was the principal
economical activity.
 The Christian religious architecture,
sculpture and paint were very important.
 THE AUTONOMY
STATUTE
On the 9th of June of 1982 was
introduced the Autonomy Statute of
the Region of Murcia. This Statute is
the expression of the identity of the
Region of Murcia. It defines its
institutions, its competences and its
resources. This day is a festivity day in
our Region. This autonomy community
forms part of our country, SPAIN.
FAMOUS PEOPLE IN MURCIA
This is Francisco Salzillo, a
famous sculptor. He was
born in 1707 in Murcia and
he died in 1783. He made
lots of beautiful figures
related with the Christian
religion. Here you are some
of them:
MORE FAMOUS PEOPLE
This is Diego Saavedra
Fajardo, a diplomatic and
a political writer. He was
born in Algezares in 1584
and died in Madrid in
1648. One of his more
important work is: Idea of
a Christian political
prince, represented in 100
ventures.
 NOW, AN INVENTOR
This is Isaac Peral, an
inventor. He was born in
Cartagena in 1851 and died
in Berlin 1895. He invented
the electric submarine. It’s
still in Cartagena, Murcia.
ANOTHER INVENTOR
This is Juan de la Cierva, an
inventor. He was born in
Murcia in 1895 and died in
1936 in the airport of
Croydon. He invented the
autogyro.
 • Mª Carmen Pérez Pérez
3ºB • Clara Mª Pérez Piñero