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Introduction We intend to embark on a project focusing on Portugal at its peak as a society during the Age of Discovery, starting from the beginning of the Portuguese Empire till the decline of the Portuguese monopoly, during the years 1415-1542. We are of the opinion that during this time, the Portuguese civilization was going through a period of achievement and progress as it did have an extensive colonial trading empire throughout the world backed by a powerful Thalassocracy and became a major European power. This however ended as the monopoly in economy, politics and culture was broke by other rising European countries. On that era, Portugal was one of the countries which led Europe into the Age of Discovery. The Age of Discovery was basically the period of time in which the countries in Europe realized that it was of a great need to start searching for "new" part of the world....

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