![]() ![]() Medieval Portugal sees the Reconquest, the expulsion of the Muslims and rise of the Kingdom with the Burgundian dynasty and later the Avis kings. Finally, the Peninsula was conquered by the Muslims from Africa. Next, Portugal was invaded by the barbarians including the Visigoths and the Suevi. This era was followed by the Celts and then the Romans. Disney explains the economy of Portugal during this period with its strong emphasis on the mining of natural resources. ![]() The first chapter covers ancient Portugal which included hunter-gatherers and Iron Age farmers. Then in the fifteenth century, this tiny country on the Iberian Peninsula began an unlikely expansion into an economic empire which spanned the entire globe. As the country exists today, it has no political roots in its Roman, Germanic or Islamic past. ![]() The country of Portugal has no geographical reason to exist. The first of two volumes of Disney’s work covers the history of Portugal from pre-Roman times to the French invasion of 1807. I’ve been doing in depth research into the history of Portugal and I love this book. I’m just going to get straight to the point here. ![]()
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