History of Portugal

Early history

Portugal has been inhabited for at least 500,000 years, first by Neanderthals and then by homo sapiens.

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Portugal - Neanderthals - Homo sapiens

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In the early first millennium BCE, several waves of Celts invaded Portugal from central Europe and intermarried with the local Iberian people, forming the Celtiberian ethnic group, with many tribes, such as the Lusitanians, the Calaicians or Gallaeci and the Conii (amongst others less significant tribes such as the Bracari, Celtici, Coelerni, Equaesi, Grovii, Interamici, Leuni, Luanqui, Limici, Narbasi, Nemetati, Paesuri, Quaquerni, Seurbi, Tamagani, Tapoli, Turduli, Turduli Veteres, Turdulorum Oppida, Turodi, and Zoelae).

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First millennium BCE - Celts - Central Europe - Iberian - Celtiberian - Lusitanians - Calaicians or Gallaeci - Conii - Bracari - Celtici - Coelerni - Equaesi - Grovii - Interamici - Leuni - Luanqui - Limici - Narbasi - Nemetati - Paesuri - Quaquerni - Seurbi - Tamagani - Tapoli - Turduli - Turduli Veteres - Turdulorum Oppida - Turodi - Zoelae

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There were, in this broad period, some small semi-permanent commercial coastal establishments by the Greeks and the Phoenicians-Carthaginians.

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Greeks - Phoenicians - Carthaginians

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