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by TheOtherHobbes
124 days ago
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The 1755 earthquake effectively nuked the capital and killed maybe a third of GDP. Portugal was never interested in dominance of Europe - hard to project power to the centre when you're out on the far edge and have more of a navy than an army. But the trade network was the first truly global network, and very much non-trivial. |
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