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1. Portuguese Empire

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   Decline and Reorientation
   The discovery of substantial gold and diamond deposits in Minas Gerais in the late 17th and early 18th centuries fundamentally reoriented the empire's focus back towards Brazil. The vast wealth generated funded major construction projects in Lisbon but also entrenched a financial dependency on Brazilian extraction, often managed through rigid royal oversight known as the Quinto (the royal fifth tax).
   The ultimate reorganization of the empire was precipitated by the Napoleonic Wars. Following the French invas…