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Hi all,

The Portuguese Empire has been defined as the first Global Empire and had an impressive reach, especially for such a small country.

So, what caused it to fail?

Was it problems at home? Sure Portugal was shaky but Spain wasn't exactly that stable either.

Unbalanced immigration?

I even saw it well argued that the Ottoman presence in the Indian Ocean was a massive resource drain which killed any profitability it had.

Ideas, thoughts?
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