Quote: (03-21-2013 04:49 PM)kdolo Wrote:
But as you say, small Portugal with tiny population did mucho damage in the New World with Indogenous and African women - (also Cape Verde/ Angola, Mozambique).....WHY ???
Ever heard of the Amazon rainforest? Were it not for the Amazon, Brazil would probably be a Spanish-speaking country today.
The Dutch were very aggressive in Brazil in the 1600s, but they lost. Why? The Netherlands is a small country. When you don't have people, you hire mercenaries, which is dangerous. The mercenaries tend to be disloyal when you need them the most. The other alternative is to mix with the locals and breed willing soldiers. Much cheaper, and much more effective. When someone invades your country and you need to recruit soldiers, you recruit the locals, since those people will be motivated and will fight almost for free. It's their land, and they have nowhere else to go.
The Portuguese were in India from 1498 till 1961. Why did Portuguese colonies in India last so much longer than British colonies in India?
Quote: (03-21-2013 04:49 PM)kdolo Wrote:
clearly a significant percentage of Portuguese men took all available opportunity to bang even marry non Porutguese women. WHY ??
BECAUSE: Portuguese women are god awful (generally speaking of course) - thats why !
Yes, because Portuguese women today look exactly like they did in 1513. Seriously, dude. The genetic characteristics of a population change over time. You can't infer the past phenotypes from the present ones. That's utterly ridiculous.
Following your line of reasoning, Ancient Athenians looked exactly like Greeks today. Yeah, right. And 400 years of Ottoman occupation surely had no impact in their genetics. Sure...