Compendium of World History - Volume 2 - Chapter VIII - 1969

Herman L Hoeh

Who would guess today, from reading Spanish history, that Spain was, in Old Testament times, one of the most important countries in the world? That famous Biblical characters as Togarmah and Seir the Horite and Tarshish made their appearance in this fabulous land? Today the early history of Spain is virtually unknown. Scholars treat it in much the same fashion as the history of every other nation in Europe. Her past — before Roman rule — is made to appear a chronological blank. What little is written before that time mainly emphasizes broken pottery and similar artifacts. The real history is vitally interesting. It holds the key to the settlement of the Peruvian Indian in Latin America. Spain was also the link between Palestine and Ireland. Whoever controlled Spain was in a position to dominate the Western Mediterranean. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library