🏛️ El Argar, the great society that mysteriously vanished
Bronze Age civilization in southeastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- Flourished circa 2200–1550 BCE in southeastern Spain
- First class-based civilization in the Iberian Peninsula
- Archaeological site near Almería in Andalusia
- Disappeared abruptly around 1550 BCE for reasons still debated
El Argar was a Bronze Age culture centered in the Almería region of southeastern Spain that emerged approximately 4,200 years ago. It became the earliest stratified, class-based society in the Iberian Peninsula, marked by clear distinctions between elite and commoner populations. The civilization flourished for roughly 650 years before vanishing around 1550 BCE, leaving scholars to speculate about the causes of its sudden collapse ...