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Suppose that King Sebastian of Portugal did not die at the Battle of Alcaçer Quibir,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ksar_El_Kebir


The majority of the Portuguese nobility does not die, the Iberian Union is never formed, the Spanish never get their huge naval power, Portugal is not forced to fight the English, the Dutch and the French, and the ship Madre de Deus is never captured, and the Portuguese Empire does not fall apart so dramatically as it did. Personally, I think the changes in history would be immense, what is your opinion? What do you think would be the main consequences?
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