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text_A: The Portuguese Empire existed at the same time as the Renaissance.
text_B: The Portuguese Empire -LRB- Imperio Portugues -RRB- , also known as the Portuguese Overseas -LRB- Ultramar Portugues -RRB- , was one of the largest and longest-lived empires in world history and the first colonial empire of the Renaissance .. Portuguese. Portuguese language. largest and longest-lived empires. List of largest empires. world history. world history. colonial empire. colonial empire. It existed for almost six centuries from the capture of Ceuta in 1415 to the grant of sovereignty to East Timor in 2002 .. Ceuta. Ceuta. East Timor. East Timor. The first era of the Portuguese empire originated at the beginning of the Age of Discovery .. Portuguese. Portuguese language. Age of Discovery. Age of Discovery. Initiated by the Kingdom of Portugal , it would eventually expand across the globe .. Kingdom of Portugal. Kingdom of Portugal. Portuguese sailors began exploring the coast of Africa and the Atlantic archipelagos in 1418 -- 19 , using recent developments in navigation , cartography and maritime technology such as the caravel , in order that they might find a sea route to the source of the lucrative spice trade .. Portuguese. Portuguese language. #inforef1. caravel. caravel. spice trade. spice trade. In 1488 , Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope , and in 1498 , Vasco da Gama reached India .. Bartolomeu Dias. Bartolomeu Dias. Cape of Good Hope. Cape of Good Hope. Vasco da Gama. Vasco da Gama. In 1500 , either by an accidental landfall or by the crown 's secret design , Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil on the South American coast .. Pedro Alvares Cabral. Pedro Alvares Cabral. Over the following decades , Portuguese sailors continued to explore the coasts and islands of East Asia , establishing forts and factories as they went .. Portuguese. Portuguese language. forts. Portuguese forts. factories. Factory ( trading post )#Portuguese Feitorias ( c. 1445 ). By 1571 , a string of naval outposts connected Lisbon to Nagasaki along the coasts of Africa , the Middle East , India and South Asia .. Lisbon. Lisbon. #inforef1. Nagasaki. Nagasaki. This commercial network and the colonial trade had a substantial positive impact on Portuguese economic growth -LRB- 1500-1800 -RRB- , when it accounted for about a fifth of Portugal 's per capita income .. Portuguese. Portuguese language. #inforef1. When Philip II of Spain , I of Portugal , inherited the Portuguese crown in 1580 , this began a 60-year union between Spain and Portugal that has since been given the historiographic term of the Iberian Union .. Portuguese. Portuguese language. #inforef1. Iberian Union. Iberian Union. Philip II of Spain. Philip II of Spain. historiographic. historiography. Though the realms continued to be administered separately , the Council of Portugal ruled the country and its empire from Madrid .. Council of Portugal. Council of Portugal. As the King of Spain was also King of Portugal , Portuguese colonies became the subject of attacks by three rival European powers hostile to Spain  : the Dutch Republic , England , and France .. Portuguese. Portuguese language. Dutch Republic. Dutch Empire. England. English overseas possessions. France. French colonial empire. With its smaller population , Portugal was unable to effectively defend its overstretched network of trading posts , and the empire began a long and gradual decline .. #inforef1. Eventually , Brazil became the most valuable colony of the second era until , as part of the wave of independence movements that swept the Americas during the early 19th century , it broke away in 1822 .. independence movements. Decolonization of the Americas. Americas. Americas. The third era represents the final stage of Portuguese colonialism after the decolonization of the Americas of the 1820s .. Portuguese. Portuguese language. Americas. Americas. The colonial possessions had been reduced to the African coastline -LRB- expanded inland during the Scramble for Africa in the late 19th century -RRB- , Portuguese Timor , and enclaves in India -LRB- Goa -RRB- and China -LRB- Macau -RRB- .. Portuguese. Portuguese language. Scramble for Africa. Scramble for Africa. Portuguese Timor. Portuguese Timor. Goa. Goa. Macau. Macau. The disastrous 1890 British Ultimatum led to the contraction of Portuguese ambitions in Africa .. Portuguese. Portuguese language. 1890 British Ultimatum. 1890 British Ultimatum. Portuguese ambitions in Africa. Pink Map. Under Antonio Salazar , the Second Portuguese Republic made some ill-fated attempts to hold on to its last remaining colonies and overseas provinces after the 1961 Indian annexation of Goa , embarking on the Portuguese Colonial War in Africa which lasted until the final overthrow of the regime in the Carnation Revolution of 1974 .. Portuguese. Portuguese language. Portuguese Colonial War. Portuguese Colonial War. Carnation Revolution. Carnation Revolution. Goa. Goa. Antonio Salazar. Antonio de Oliveira Salazar. Second Portuguese Republic. Estado Novo ( Portugal ). 1961 Indian annexation of Goa. 1961 Indian annexation of Goa. Macau was returned to China in 1999 .. Macau. Macau
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