History of Málaga
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Málaga, by Edward Gennys Fanshawe, 1857
The history of Málaga, shaped by the city's location in southern Spain on the western shore of the Mediterranean Sea, spans about 2,800 years, making it one of the oldest cities in the world. The first inhabitants to settle the site may have been the Bastetani,[1] an ancient Iberian tribe. The Phoenicians founded their colony of Malaka[2] (Punic: