The History of Portugal: Every Year

Portugal had a colonial empire that dominated the spice trade for years and managed to last longer than most European colonial empires as well.

[EmperorTigerstar]

Please note that by mistake I left Muscat as a Portuguese territory by mistake up to the 1800s when they actually lost it in the mid 1600s. My bad. Otherwise, enjoy the video!

[tobotrobot]

England (now the UK) and Portugal hold the longest standing alliance in the world.

[bulletbill]

People don’t give Portugal and Dutch empires enough credit just because they don’t see a lot of land... They don’t understand the value of the sea

[foxboymp]

Portugal had a dream that they control the entire Indian Ocean, including the spice trade, and then that dream was real!

[Frosty]

If you ever go to Portugal, you have to watch out for the local wild birds.

Yup, it's full of the Portugeese.

[watt]

It can't be a video about Portugal without a comment saying: "PORTUGAL CARALHO!"

[jackmatthews]

Portugal and the U.K. have a still military alliance dating back to the 1300s, we built our huge empires together and always had each other's backs

[captainpalegg]

To me, the most interesting part is that little blip in the early 19th century when mainland Portugal fell to Napoleon’s army and the government fled to Brazil.

[farhanatashiga]

Portugal.
The underrated Colonial power

[blichiem]

LOVE PORTUGAL!!!! FROM YOUR BRAZILIAN BROTHERS

[DouglasEdward]

The first and last of the Colonial Empires.

[harrisonshone]

We love you Portugal! Your history is fascinating and your country is beautiful! Sincerely, your American Friends.

[miguelteixeira]

Thanks! Portugal really deserves a vídeo. It was the most lasting empire in the world.

[gabrielmartinho]

Nice video! Greetings from Portugal :)

[hollawar]

Spain itself was the most powerful Empire in centuries and Portugal mastered all the trade and the Indian Ocean. Together the Iberian Union ruled the world lol..

[Mari-hbdo]

omg my country is being featured! yay! thanks for the video! :D

[Sir.suspicious]

Good to see my good Portugal being represented, we could have achieved much more than we did, but it was still impressive given the sjortage of population in the mainland

[yotuel]

Love to our portuguese brothers from Spain!!!

[pontoexclamacao]

I'm Brazilian and I really like this Empire

[greg]

Don't forget to ban Portugal from the spice trade!

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