A Brief Travel History of Portugal

A Brief Travel History of Portugal

Medieval castles, quaint fishing villages and the capital city of Lisbon make up the beautiful and varied travel destination of Portugal. This Brief Travel History of Portugal allows you to read about Portuguese history from the Stone Age to the present in just 1 hour, whether you are planning a trip to Portugal or just traveling vicariously as an armchair traveler this eBook is for you. You can read it before your trip or while you are flying to your destination. Also pack it in your smart phone and use it to access historic information while you are traveling in 5 minutes or less.

The chapter headings with corresponding date ranges and estimated reading times are listed below:

Table of Contents

Map of Present Day Portugal

Introduction

1. Prehistoric Portugal: 800,000 BP-1,200BC (7 minutes)

2. Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians: 1100 BC-209 BC (3 minutes)

3. Roman Iberia: 210 BC-409 BC (9 minutes)

4. The Early Middle Ages: Visigothic Iberia: 409-711 (4 minutes)

5. The Early Middle Ages: Moorish Iberia: 711-1250 (11 minutes)

6. The Later Middle Ages: The House of Burgundy: 1128-1385 (9 minutes)

7. The Renaissance: The House of Avis I: 1385-1521 (16 minutes)

8. The Renaissance: The Union with Spain: 1580-1640 (3 minutes)

9. The Enlightenment: Portugal Regains her Independence: The House of Bragance I: 1640-1706 (4 minutes)

10. The Enlightenment: the Lisbon Earthquake and the Golden Age of Portugal: The House of Braganca II: 1706-1777 (4 minutes)

11. The Modern Era: the Constitutional Monarchy: The House of Braganca III: 1777-1910 (8 minutes)

12. The Modern Era: the First and Second Republics: 1910-1974 (4 minutes)

13. The Modern Era: the Third Republic (2 minutes)

This eBook is part of a series of Brief Travel Histories, found at www.BriefTravelHistories.com, that traces the past of European countries from the Stone Age to the present in 2 hours or less.
These histories serve as a quick reference which puts historic information at your fingertips while you are traveling! Choose the historic period and date range you want by clicking on the appropriate chapter heading in the table of contents, you will be brought to the chapter title page where you can click on subheadings which can be read in 5 minutes or less.