Portuguese Empire - The Master Plank

The dutch attacked the portuguese empire in 16 20, 16 ten. They essentially destroyed, not completely, but they canibalized thePortuguese. And when portugal becomes independent, the trade becomes atlantic. Surprisingly, it becomes a country much more focus on sugar and on brazil. So there's a parallel that you might be able to make here between what happened to portugal with its rivalry with the dutch, and what happens to spain. The big cause of the decline of the Portuguese a empire is is he devach attack when portugal and spagain in the virian union.