🌊 From Stone Age Caves to Spice Empires: How Europe’s Forgotten Underdog Rewrote World History Forget Spain’s shadow. This is Portugal’s untold epic —a blood-and-salt saga where tribal rebels defied Rome, navigators shattered maps, and a tiny kingdom built the first global empire with little more than wooden caravels and sheer audacity. Discover how earthquakes, revolutions, and a lost royal court forged a nation that refused to vanish. ✅ Why This Book Captivates : ⚔️ Brutal Turning Points : Viriathus’ guerrilla war against Rome ✅, Prince Henry’s shipyards birthing the Age of Discovery ✅, and the 1755 earthquake that erased Lisbon ✅. - 🔥 Controversial Truths : How African slaves fueled Brazilian sugar gold ✅—and how Salazar’s dictatorship later crushed democracy for 40 years ✅. - 📜 Scholarly & Gripping : Meticulously sourced— no nationalist myths . Large 7x10" print makes complex timelines and maps crystal clear ✅. "Better a Portugal of the humble than a nation enslaved by foreign banks." — António de Oliveira Salazar (Dictator, 1933) 🔍 Journey Through the Crucible : Ancient Roots : Celtic hill-forts battling Phoenician traders ✅ and Rome’s bloody conquest of Lusitania ✅. - Medieval Gambits : Afonso Henriques’ guerilla crown ✅ vs. Moorish geometrists reshaping Iberian science ✅. - Oceanic Leaps : Da Gama’s spice run to India ✅, Brazil’s slave-powered sugar boom ✅, and Macau’s opium-soaked trade. - Modern Revolutions : Napoleon’s occupation scattering royalty to Brazil ✅, the 1910 regicide sparking republicanism ✅, and the Carnation Revolution’s flower-powered coup ✅. (Full table of contents in "Look Inside"!) ⭐ Real Reader Review : "Finally, a Portuguese history that doesn’t put you to sleep! The chapter on Pombal rebuilding Lisbon after the earthquake reads like a thriller. The unflinching analysis of colonial slavery? Vital. Large print made navigating dense periods like the Iberian Union effortless." — Carlos M. (Lisbon, Verified Purchase) 🏰 Why This Edition Dominates : Unmatched Scope : Covers 20 epochs —from megalithic hunters ✅ to modern democracy ✅— no rival spans Bronze Age to Brexit-era Portugal . - For Critical Minds : Age of Empires gamers, ancestry researchers, or geopolitics nerds— decode how a small nation shaped five continents ✅. - Large Print Advantage : 7x10" pages transform intricate details—like Manifestis Probatum papal bulls or spice-trade routes—into vivid journeys ✅. ➤ Click "Add to Cart" Now—Before the Tides of History Wash These Truths Away!