History of Portugal
In the year 711, the Muslims invaded and ruled the Iberian Peninsula, with the exception of a small territory in the North, Asturias.
Muslims developed agriculture, introducing the mill, the clueless, the dam, the fountain. They also brought new fruits like lemon, apricot, almond, etc.
They also developed crafts, astronomy, medicine, geography and mathematics, leaving us the numbers that we use today.
New techniques and tools of navigation, such as the compass and the astrolabe are other examples of Muslim influence.
There can still be found in the Peninsula some traces of their occupation: mosques, palaces and about 600 words as Algarve, cotton (algodão), digits (algarismos), olives (azeitona), sugar (açúcar) and many others.
Christians, who took refuge in Asturias, organized themselves and began to recover lands occupied by Muslims, thus beginning the Christian Reconquista.
The formation of Portugal
Earl D. Henry established the capital of the County (Portucalense) in Guimarães (northern Portugal), where his son was born, D. Afonso Henriques.
In 1128, D. Afonso Henriques defeated his own mother in a battle, the Battle of S. Mamede and so took the county government, the continuing struggles against the Muslims, to extend the territory and against the kingdom of León and Castile, to achieve independence.
In 1139, in the famous Battle of Ourique, D. Afonso Henriques managed to get a great victory over the Muslims at that moment called himself king.
In 1249, during the reign of King Afonso III, is that it provides the definitive conquest of the Algarve, and in 1297 signed the Treaty of Alcanises, in which were established the limits of the Portuguese territory, which practically corresponds to the current Continental Portugal.
After 1385, Portugal was in financial difficulties, had a shortage of grain, gold and silver. These products were at the markets of Africa and Asia.
For this and other reasons, has begun the Portuguese maritime expansion.
The major driver of this development was the Infante D. Henrique, son of D. João I.
At this time of great expansion, discovery and conquest of new territories, gave the name of Discoveries.
The Portuguese themselves discovered to the world new territories, new seas, new people and different products: spices, tobacco, sugar, gemstones, Brazil wood, cocoa, etc..
In 1524 was born one of the greatest Portuguese poets, Luís de Camões, who wrote all the history of Portugal in verse, in the book "Os Lusíadas".
After the monarchy came the Republic, where Portugal was ruled by a President elected by the people, who exercised his mandate for a limited time.
After the Republic, Democracy came through the famous Carnation Revolution, the April 25, 1974, system that prevails today.
In the year 711, the Muslims invaded and ruled the Iberian Peninsula, with the exception of a small territory in the North, Asturias.
Muslims developed agriculture, introducing the mill, the clueless, the dam, the fountain. They also brought new fruits like lemon, apricot, almond, etc.
They also developed crafts, astronomy, medicine, geography and mathematics, leaving us the numbers that we use today.
New techniques and tools of navigation, such as the compass and the astrolabe are other examples of Muslim influence.
There can still be found in the Peninsula some traces of their occupation: mosques, palaces and about 600 words as Algarve, cotton (algodão), digits (algarismos), olives (azeitona), sugar (açúcar) and many others.
Christians, who took refuge in Asturias, organized themselves and began to recover lands occupied by Muslims, thus beginning the Christian Reconquista.
The formation of Portugal
Earl D. Henry established the capital of the County (Portucalense) in Guimarães (northern Portugal), where his son was born, D. Afonso Henriques.
In 1128, D. Afonso Henriques defeated his own mother in a battle, the Battle of S. Mamede and so took the county government, the continuing struggles against the Muslims, to extend the territory and against the kingdom of León and Castile, to achieve independence.
In 1139, in the famous Battle of Ourique, D. Afonso Henriques managed to get a great victory over the Muslims at that moment called himself king.
In 1249, during the reign of King Afonso III, is that it provides the definitive conquest of the Algarve, and in 1297 signed the Treaty of Alcanises, in which were established the limits of the Portuguese territory, which practically corresponds to the current Continental Portugal.
After 1385, Portugal was in financial difficulties, had a shortage of grain, gold and silver. These products were at the markets of Africa and Asia.
For this and other reasons, has begun the Portuguese maritime expansion.
The major driver of this development was the Infante D. Henrique, son of D. João I.
At this time of great expansion, discovery and conquest of new territories, gave the name of Discoveries.
The Portuguese themselves discovered to the world new territories, new seas, new people and different products: spices, tobacco, sugar, gemstones, Brazil wood, cocoa, etc..
In 1524 was born one of the greatest Portuguese poets, Luís de Camões, who wrote all the history of Portugal in verse, in the book "Os Lusíadas".
After the monarchy came the Republic, where Portugal was ruled by a President elected by the people, who exercised his mandate for a limited time.
After the Republic, Democracy came through the famous Carnation Revolution, the April 25, 1974, system that prevails today.