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The History of Portugal: The Small Nation That Built a Global Empire — Fexingo History

How did a small, sun-scorched nation on the edge of Europe become the continent's first global empire? From the reconquest of Lisbon in 1147 to the Carnation Revolution of 1974, Portugal's story is…

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