Henry the Navigator - He is credited as the pioneer of the Age of Discoveries. He administratively led to the set up of these studies to enhance Portugal's maritime trade and exploration in other continents.
In all of the wars in the Industrial Revolution, more than 70 million personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in this large war and more than 15 million people were killed.
Helped make them a stronger nation but also a bigger target, the more countries you control, the tastier you look for a bigger country to take you out and take your puppeted countries.
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more republican issue positions have shaped federal policy