-1200 ⟶ Phoenicians Establish Port at Lisbon

the Phoenicians found the port of Lisbon, Portugal
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🚢 Phoenicians Establish Port at Lisbon

the Phoenicians found the port of Lisbon, Portugal⟶
Phoenicians Establish Port at Lisbon (-1200)
PhoeniciansTradeColonialismNavigationEconomic Development
PortugalPortugal

🚢 Phoenicians Found Gadir (Cádiz)

c. 1104 BC: Cádiz (Gadir) founded by Phoenicians in southwestern Spain.⟶
Phoenicians Found Gadir (Cádiz) (-1104)
PhoeniciansColonialismTradeSettlement
SpainSpain

🚢 Portuguese Begin Direct African Slave Trade to Europe

Portuguese navigators cruise West Africa and reestablish the European slave trade with a shipment of African slaves sent directly from Africa to Portugal.⟶
Portuguese Begin Direct African Slave Trade to Europe (1441)
Transatlantic Slave TradeAtlantic Slave TradeColonialismMercantilismEconomic History
PortugalPortugal

🚢 Bartolomeu Dias Rounds the Cape of Good Hope

Portuguese Navigator Bartolomeu Dias sails around the Cape of Good Hope.⟶
Bartolomeu Dias Rounds the Cape of Good Hope (1488)
Age of ExplorationPortuguese EmpireMaritime HistoryTrade RoutesSpice TradeNavigationColonialism
PortugalPortugal

🔪 ✡️ Lisbon Massacre of Converted Jews

At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot, Portugal.⟶
✡️ Lisbon Massacre of Converted Jews (1506)
Religious ViolenceAnti-SemitismPersecutionInquisitionLisbon
PortugalPortugal

💥 Lisbon Earthquake Devastates City

The Lisbon earthquake occurs.⟶
Lisbon Earthquake Devastates City (1755)
EarthquakeNatural DisasterTsunamiReconstructionPhilosophyVoltaire
PortugalPortugal