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	Contemporary Portuguese Politics and History Research Centre - An academic site containing documents from and analyses of the political history of the Portuguese Republic. Rate this
	Dutch and Portuguese Colonial History - Includes a section dealing with the historical empires of Holland and Portugal. Rate this
	Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies - ACIS brings together academics from a wide range of disciplines who share an interest in contemporary developments in Spain and Portugal. Rate this
	Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies - The SSPHS promotes research in all aspects and epochs of Iberian history and related disciplines. It has annual meetings, awards prizes for publications and dissertations, and publishes its Bulletin triannually. Rate this
	Resources for Portugal - Bibliographic resources, organizations, government sources, libraries and archives, museums, press, searching, universities online, history: medieval, early modern, modern from the University of Kansas. Rate this
	Lisbon Pages: Bibliography on Portugal - Academic articles, books and unpublished theses on Portugal in the English language produced in the last two or three decades, for those interested in the social sciences. Rate this
	The Voyage to India and Those who Influenced it - Brian Elliott's presentation. Rate this
	Saudades - Rufina Mausenbaum explores the history of Portuguese Sephardic Jews and the meaning of that characteristically Portuguese emotion 'saudades'. Rate this
	The Carnations Revolution - Chronology of the most significant social and political events of recent Portuguese history. Rate this
	The Historical Text Archive - Portugal - A collection of useful links. Rate this
	Arquivo Virtual de Cartografia Urbana Portuguesa - O projecto de investigação sobre as morfologias urbanas da cidade de origem portuguesa: a identificação, catalogação, recolha e tratamento de cartografia e de iconografia histórica sobre as cidades de origem portuguesa. Rate this

Articles in this category:

• A Brief History of the Mattress - ...
• A Brief History of Scooters - ...
• The History of Pearls - The exact time when pearls entered the history books is unknown, as they were discovered long before pen was ever put to paper. 300 B.C. is one of the earliest written recordings of pearls. Marco Polo also wrote of pearls in his travels. They were prized ...
• The History of Dogs - The History of dogs
  
  Dogs belong to the Canid family (Canidae).
  
  Dogs first appeared about 40 million years ago, before any other carnivore families like bears or cats.
  
  Carnivores have a pair of teeth similar to blades that are called c...
• The History of Coffee -
  The History of Coffee
  
  Coffee was discovered in Eastern Africa in an area known as Ethiopia. A popular legend tells of a goat herder named Kaldi. One day he noticed his goats acting frisky after eating berries from a bush. Kaldi tried the berri...
• The Bagpipe and Its History - ...
• History of Spain - The History of Spain, and how it all begun. The Iberian Peninsula was first inhabited around 8000,000 BC and has long been subject to foreign influences. The history of Spain starts from 11th centur...
• The History of Bakelite - ...
• The History of Aprons - ...
• The History of Yoga - The history of yoga is long and steeped in tradition. Contrary to what some people may believe, yoga was not developed as the newest way to slim down so they could fit into a smaller pants size.
  
  The history of yoga goes back 5,000 years. It origin...