The document summarizes the history of the Murcia region of Spain from the Paleolithic era to the Renaissance period. It describes important human remains and sites from the Middle Paleolithic belonging to Neanderthals. It then outlines the development of the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, and the settlements of Phoenicians, Greeks, and Carthaginians. The document notes the Roman villas and industries in the region, as well as the rule of Visigoths, Muslims, and the eventual Christian Reconquista and formation of the Kingdom of Murcia. It concludes with details about the Renaissance period and examples of religious architecture from that time.

3. Paleolithic
 The human remains of greatest
importance in the region come
from the Mousterian or medium
Palaeolithic, in which the
Neanderthal man dominated, with
deposits of the stature of the Sima
of the Pigeons of the Cabezo
Gordo (in Torre Pacheco); with
materials ranging from the
150,000 to 35,000 BC, 2 or sets
earlier in the Strait of the
Incarnation in Caravaca (known
as Cueva Negra), where experts
had the certainty of being one of
oldest Europe three stations with
age .
Black Cave in Caravaca

4. Neolitic
 In the 5th Millennium a. C. you
can place the Neolitic in the region
thanks to deposits of the dry cave
(Yecla), los Grajos Barranco
(Cieza), (Moratalla) or the Cajitán
Hondo (Mule).
 A few thousand years later, both
the agricultural and livestock
techniques were spread across the
entire area, which led to the
sedentarisation of its inhabitants,
something visible in fields of Los
Tollos (Mazarrón) or birds
(Cartagena), while Los Tiesos
(Jumilla) was used as a burial
place from new until the age of
Bronze.
Mazarron tollos

5. Metal Ages
 The best-known in the
region is Bagil, in
Moratalla. However
stands out as one of the
largest burials sites of
Spain, discovered in 2007
in the path of the Molino
in Caravaca, which
housed the incredible
amount of 1,300
individuals, deposited in a
bent position and with a
poor regalia, 11 (the
deposit date between the
2,400 and 1,950 BC).

6. Bronze age / Iron age
 They have come to count up to  As already noted, the passage of
220 villages of the same culture in the end bronze to iron age in the
the region of Murcia, dated
between 2000 and 1,100 a. C.12 region of Murcia is lacking in
agreeing the building height, such studies, despite deposits such as
as the Almoloya (specifications), El Castellar (Librilla) or wheel
Cabezo of Adders (Mazarron), Hill Cabezo (sewer). The reason is
of the vineyards (Coy, Lorca),
.Some have walls and towers, that in the time in which the iron
which demonstrates the advanced metallurgy acquired some
concept of urbanism in this importance on the Levantine coast
culture. landed merchants Phoenician and
later Greek.
Hill of the Cabezo de
vineyards in Alcantarilla
Lorca wheel

8. Carthaginians
 In the year 227 BC, the
Carthaginian general
HASDRUBAL, belonging to the
Bárquida family, founded a city
in the Iberian Southeast,
located in an exceptional and
sheltered bay. It was capable
of housing a fleet anchored
safely and very close to the
mining mountains that had
already been appreciated at
the time of the Phoenicians.
Thus was born Qart-Hadast
(Carthage in Phoenician
language), in memory of the
North African capital and
birthplace of Asdrubal
Remains of the Punic wall of Cartago Nova

9. Romans
 Villas of farming and livestock and
coastal regions where canning
factories that were established
and produced garum (a type of
fish sauce). There are
archaeological remains of these
villages and factories in the
Torrejones (Yecla), La Alberca,
Villaricos (Mule), the Cinquain
(Lorca), Los Cipreses (Jumilla),
Mazarrón and Águilas.
Mula villaricos

11. Goths and Byzantines
 After the Visigothic reconquest of
Carthago Spartaria (Cartagena),
the city began to decline.
 Orihuela, a territory occupied by
the present region of Murcia; the
province of Alicante (complete);
Castelló de Rugat (Valencia, and
some doubt until Jativa, Xativa);
half of the province of Albacete
(from Elche de la Sierra to
Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón); the
Almeria Vélez; Huercal of Granada
and part of Jaén. To avoid any
another invasion by sea, the
Visigoths formed a military
province whose capital was Lorca.
This generated a great stability in
the territory, which contrasted
with the rest of the peninsula,
which was in the midst of civil war
as the result of the Visigothic
Crown. Begastro site

12. Muslims
 With the arrival of the Muslims in the
Iberian Peninsula, he agreed with
them the delivery of major cities of
that territory to change that respect
the lives and properties of its
inhabitants in exchange of the
payment of an annual tax. The Pact
was signed in April 713 between
Theodemir and Abd al - Aziz ibn Musa
(son of the Christian Chronicles Muza
moro) and comprised seven cities
included Orihuela, Lorca, Mula,
Alicante, Begastri and others that offer
questions to specialists, which some
identify with Elche, Valencia, or the
ancient Roman Ilunum. The signing of
this Pact resulted in a territory with
total autonomy (except for the
payment of taxes and the obligation to
deliver more traitors).
Muslim site of the brokers in Marcén

13. Christian Reconquista: the Kingdom
of Murcia
 The King Jaime II of Aragon had begun to conquer
the Kingdom of Murcia in 1296, offered by
Ferdinand de la Cerda to the King in exchange of
their support against the infant heir to the throne of
Castile, Ferdinand IV.
 Alicante was conquered in April, after a stiff
resistance of the Castle alcazaba, Nicolau Peris took
Guardamar with the support of the fleet, he
negotiated with Don Juan Manuel, Lord of Elche
and advance the Kingdom, continuing towards
Orihuela and Murcia, which capitulated, like the rest
of the murcian huerta. Alhama de Murcia was not
surrendered until the 1298.
 The conquest was facilitated by the abundant
population of Aragonese origin, although it was
opposed by the Castilian garrisons of the castles
and the Bishop of Cartagena. A second campaign to
Murcia took place in 1298, occupying Alhama de
Murcia, and 21 December 1300 capitulated Lorca.
In June 1300 James II incorporated the lordship of
Albarracín to the Crown of Aragon. Both Castile and
Aragon needed peace and signed the Treaty of
Torrellas in 1304 and subsequently modifying the
Treaty of Elche (1305), permanently changing the
borders between Castile and Aragon, laid down in
the Treaty of Almizra (1244), incorporated into the
Crown of Aragon, namely the Kingdom of Valencia,
the Comarques of Vinalopó Valley, the Alacantí and
the Vega Baja del Segura.
medieval castle in Moratalla.

15. Renaissance
 Once the peninsula had been
reconquered, and after the unification
of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon,
the Kingdom of Murcia entered a
period of prosperity which resulted in a
notable increasing in its population.
The factors that led to this
development were the rise of industry
of silk, the mining of Cartagena and
Mazarrón and improvement of
agriculture.The region has several
examples of religious architecture from
Renaissance such as the Church and
convent of San Esteban (in Murcia),
are the first level of the Tower of the
Cathedral of Murcia or the Collegiate
Church of St Patrick (in Lorca), done
by Jerónimo Quijano.
The Collegiate Church of Saint Patrick in Lorca

16. Bilbiografía
 http://www.lorca.es/
http://www.turismorural.com/Ficha_Inf_Turistica.aspx?ID=8882&len_ap=002
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://sobremurcia.com/