But I would like to see your views on which of these two civilizations has done more to help mankind.
Portugal did invent the caravel and was very good at exploring/colonizing. They found the way to India and the Far East via water. It were somewhat of a force back in the day(1200's I'm pretty sure). If it wasn't for Portugal's navigational improvements, the Americas may have never been discovered by Western European white men.
But I think Italy has done more, because Portugal wouldn't have become what it did if it wasn't for the Renaissance of Italy and all the culture that Italy produced. Muslims from Spain and Portugal(as well as Christians) did take over the island of Sicily for awhile, but this soon became part of Italy and was a site of great culture.
There's a brief description of my views on the two.
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[This message has been edited by Custergrant (edited 03-16-2006 @ 00:22 AM).]