Portugal Introduction Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues Print This Frame Portugal Introduction Top of Page Background: Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the ...

PORTUGAL - A Country Study Search Portugal Include word variants Use only words as entered. PORTUGAL Foreward Acknowledgments Preface Country Profile Country Society Economy Transportation and Communications Government and Politics National Security Introduction Chapter 1. Historical Setting ORIGINS OF PORTUGAL Early Inhabitants Phoenicians, Greeks, and Carthaginians Romanization Germanic ...