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With the decline of the Roman Empire, Germanic tribes like the Suebi and Visigoths took control.
The fight for Christian dominance against Muslim Moors, known as the Reconquista, reached Portugal in the
8th century.
In 1143, D. Afonso Henriques declared Portugal an independent kingdom after defeating the Castilians. This
independence was formally recognized in 1179.