HIST 214 Chapter 3: History 214 Reading Topic 3
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The european (the origins of a multiracial society) During the commercial revolution european traders search for new trade and new lands. Hoping to break the monopoly between the arab and italian merchants with asia. Portugal had moslem invaders on the peninsula, which lead to christians reconquering the peninsula at the battle of tours in 732. To assert independents, portugal freed itself from moslem and castilian claims by afonso henrique using the title kind of portugal in 1139. In 1250 the moslems were expelled from the far south of portugal. King denis was given the task of consolidating the new state, marking the rst modern national state in europe. With the ideal location portugal became europe"s foremost sea power. Most population was also on the coast line (less than a million in the 15 century) With no foreign threats the portuguese looked to carry the word of god to africa.
