The culture of Portugal is a result of complex flow of different civilisations during past millenia. From prehistoric cultures,to its Pre-Roman civilisations (like Lusitanians, Gallaeci, Celtici and Cynetes) passing through its contacts withe th Phoneician and Carthagninian world ,the Roman period consequent settlement of the Suevi and Buri and the visigoth finnally the Moorish Umaymayyad invasion of the Hispania and the subsequent Reconquista, all made an impact on the country's culture. The name Portugal itself reveals most of the country's early history, stemming from the Roman name Portus Cale, a Latin name meaning Port of Cale, later transformed into Portucale before finnally becoming Portugal, who emerged as a county of the Kingdom of León and became independent in 1139. During the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal was a major economic, political and cultural power, its global empire stretching from Brazil to the Indies. 
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