Comments by "" (@jboss1073) on "Why wasn't Portugal Conquered by Spain?" video.

  1. 6:44 - "Although outnumbered..." That basically summarizes the entire Portuguese history.
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  2.  @MakerBoyOldBoy  I think Spain has more pride than wanting to be known to foreigners through foreign dances, foreign people and bad food.
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  3.  @junudallah6406  the difference between occupied and conquered is in the first situation the occupiers are relying on fear for power, hoping it will leverage them into real power; in the second situation, they have acquired real power.
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  4.  @eliasadam2345  Yees, the Portuguese-British alliance is the longest standing worldwide - the Windsor Treaty. And according to Olalde et al. (2019), the Portuguese are the most genetically British people in Iberia, having 60% England_Middle-Bronze-Age autosomal genetic material. So maybe this alliance is not only for strategical and political reasons but also due to a common recognition of shared ancestry on each other.
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  5.  @eliasadam2345  And not only that, the alliance is genuine - the Portuguese do love the English and vice-versa.
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