13. Completion of the Portuguese State

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Photographs xi
5. Figures xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Landforms of Northwest and West Iberia 11
8. 2. The Climate of Western Iberia 32
9. 3. The Soils of Northern and Western Iberia 43
10. 4. Vegetation Regions of Northern and Western Iberia 52
11. 5. Prehistoric Immigrants into Iberia 60
12. 6. Early Central European Influences in Iberia 70
13. 7. Contacts between the Ancient Civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean and Iberia 86
14. 8. The Period of Roman Conquest and Control 108
15. 9. The Germanic Conquest 121
16. 10. Moslem Domination 137
17. 11. The Reconquest of Iberia 144
18. 12. Final Steps toward Portuguese Independence 164
19. 13. Completion of the Portuguese State 171
20. 14. Development of Portuguese International Relations 183
21. 15. The Geography of Portuguese-Spanish Boundaries 190
22. 16. Environment and Culture 204
23. 17. The Geographical Basis of Portuguese Political Independence: A Summation 212
24. Bibliography 219
25. Index 229