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This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: • Portugal • • • 00:03:51 1 Etymology • 00:05:32 2 History • 00:05:41 2.1 Prehistory • 00:09:20 2.2 Roman Lusitania and Gallaecia • 00:12:01 2.3 Germanic kingdoms: Suebi and Visigoths • 00:17:14 2.4 Islamic period and the Reconquista • 00:19:40 2.5 County of Portucale • 00:22:59 2.6 Afonsine era • 00:25:56 2.7 Joanine era and Age of Discoveries • 00:29:38 2.8 Iberian Union, Restoration and early Brigantine era • 00:32:45 2.9 Pombaline era and Enlightenment • 00:37:45 2.10 Napoleonic era • 00:40:58 2.11 Constitutional monarchy • 00:44:36 2.12 First Republic and Estado Novo • 00:48:01 2.13 Carnation Revolution and European integration • 00:53:19 3 Geography • 00:55:24 3.1 Climate • 01:00:54 3.2 Biodiversity • 01:05:20 4 Government and administration • 01:07:04 4.1 Presidency of the Republic • 01:08:05 4.2 Government • 01:09:19 4.3 Parliament • 01:10:14 4.4 Law and drug policy • 01:12:20 4.5 LGBT+ rights in Portugal • 01:13:17 4.6 Law enforcement • 01:13:50 4.7 Administrative divisions • 01:15:41 4.8 Foreign relations • 01:18:35 4.9 Military • 01:21:32 4.10 Government finance • 01:25:01 5 Economy • 01:30:24 5.1 Primary sector • 01:34:26 5.2 Secondary sector • 01:35:33 5.3 Tertiary sector • 01:38:05 5.4 Quaternary sector • 01:41:35 5.5 Transport • 01:45:56 5.6 Energy • 01:48:05 6 Demographics • 01:53:14 6.1 Urbanization • 01:53:23 6.2 Metropolitan areas and Functional Urban Area (FUA) • 01:53:40 6.3 Immigration • 01:55:59 6.4 Religion • 01:58:04 6.5 Languages • 02:00:04 6.6 Education • 02:03:58 6.7 Health • 02:07:32 7 Culture • 02:08:28 7.1 Architecture • 02:09:14 7.2 Cinema • 02:09:58 7.3 Literature • 02:11:09 7.4 Cuisine • 02:13:25 7.5 Music • 02:16:46 7.6 Visual arts • 02:18:11 7.7 Sport • 02:22:24 8 See also • • • • Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. 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Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments. • Portugal is the oldest state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. The Pre-Celts, Celts, Carthaginians and Romans were followed by the invasions of the Visigoths and Suebi Germanic peoples. • Portugal as a country was established during the Christian Reconquista against the Moors who had invaded the Iberian Peninsula in 711 AD. Despite attempts at independence since its foundation as a county in 868, only after the Battle of São Mamede in 1128, where Portuguese forces led by Afonso Henriques defeated forces led by his mother, Theresa of Portugal, the County of Portugal affirmed its sovereignty and Henriques styled himself Prince of Portugal. He would later be proclaimed King of Portugal at the Battle of Ourique in 1139 and was recognised as such, by neighbouring kingdoms, on the Treaty of Zamora, in 1143.In the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal established the first global empire, becoming one of the world's major economic, political and military powers. During this period, today referred to as the Age of Discovery, Portuguese explorers pioneered maritime exploration, notably under royal patronage of Prince Henry the Navigator and King John II, with such notable voyages as Bartolomeu Dias' sailing beyond the Cape of Good Hope (Cabo da Boa Esperança) (1488), Vasco da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India (1497–98) and the European discovery of Brazil (1500). • During this time Portugal monopolized the spice trade, and the empire expanded with military campaigns in Asia. However, events such as the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, the Industrial Revolution, the Seven Years' War, the country's occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the ind ...

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