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?