In ancient times, the area was inhabited by the Portuguese Iberian and Celtic peoples . In the third century BC These areas are covered by the proceeds of Carthage in the second century BC became the scene of the Romans. Under Roman rule (II century BC -early fifth century AD ), the south- western peninsula of land acquired from 27 BC province of Lusitania . There has been development of civilization and economic integration of the empire ( city , colonization , roads , mining, granary ) and the Romanization of the population and its Christianization (III -V century). After the invasion of the peninsula Germanic ( 409 AD), the greater part of its western areas initially mastered Swebowie , creating a kingdom with its capital in Braga , followed by the Visigoths in 469 occupied the southern part of present-day Portugal and 585 - its northern areas . After the break ( 711-718 ) by the Arabs of the peninsula lands of the kingdom of the Visigoths took the Umayyad caliphate . Run in the eighth century by Christian Reconquest took the IX- XI century district of Braga , Porto and Coimbra , which were acquired by the kings of León and Castile. This area , initially associated with the province of Galicia , in 1097 isolated in the county Portucale the center of Porto ( staroż . Portus Cale ) , giving them a fief Henry Burgundzkiemu ; In 1139 , his son took the title of King of Portugal ( Alfons I Conqueror ) and obtained the independence of his country ( the capital city of Coimbra ) of León and Castile. Until the middle of the thirteenth century, Portugal continued the reconquista western belt of the Iberian Peninsula ; in addition to the native secular knights participated in the fighting military orders (including Aviz ) and Western European Crusaders ( 1147 winning Lisbon) . In 1249 reached the southern coast of the Algarve ( Portugal to present territorial shape ) . At the same time the monarchy sought to curb the increasing power of the nobles , the Church and military orders ; supported the development of trade and cities.Portugalia is one of the Romance countries . mam nadzieje że bomogłam
opis Portugalii po angielsku :D dam naj za wszyskie odpowiedzi tylko ten opis ma być chociaż na strone :D PROSZĘ O POMOC! ;*...
