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Manuel I ( English : " Emmanuel I "; 31 May 1469  13 December 1521 ), the Fortunate ( Port . ""), ___MASK52___ of Portugal and the Algarves , was the son of Infante Ferdinand , ___MASK90___ of Viseu , by his wife , the Infanta Beatrice of Portugal . His name is associated with a period of Portuguese civilization that was distinguished by significant achievements both in political affairs and the arts . In spite of its small size and population in comparison to the great land powers of Europe , Portugal , during Manuel ` s reign , was able to acquire an overseas empire of vast proportions , the first in world history to reach global dimensions . ___MASK85___ Moses ben Maimon (" Mšeh bn - Maymn "; " Ms bin Maymn "), commonly known as Maimonides (" Maïmníds "), and also referred to by the acronym Rambam ( for " Rabbeinu Mšeh bn Maimon ", " Our ___MASK85___ Moses son of Maimon "), was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages . In his time , he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician . Born in Cordova , Almoravid Empire ( present - day Spain ) on Passover Eve , 1135 or 1138 , he worked as a ___MASK85___ , physician , and philosopher in Morocco and Egypt . He died in Egypt on December 12 , 1204 , whence his body was taken to the lower Galilee and buried in Tiberias . Abraham Saba ( 1440 -- 1508 ) was a preacher in Castile who became a ___MASK77___ of Isaac de Leon . At the time of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain he took refuge in Portugal , where he met with further misfortune ; for scarcely had he settled in Oporto when King Manuel I of Portugal ordered all Jews to be expelled from Portugal , all Jewish children to become Christians , and all Hebrew books to be burned ( December 24 , 1496 ) . Saba ' s two sons were forcibly taken from him , and he fled from Oporto , abandoning his entire library and succeeding only at the risk of his life in saving his own works in manuscript . He fled to Lisbon , but before reaching there was told of a new order of the king decreeing the death of any Jew with whom a Hebrew book or tefillin ( phylacteries ) were found . He hid his manuscripts and tefillin under an olive - tree and entered the city . Upon leaving Lisbon he attempted to recover his hidden treasure , but being discovered by the king ' s guards , he was thrown into prison , and after a six months ' confinement was sent across the frontier . He went to Fez , Morocco , where he resided for ten years . Soon after his arrival he fell ill ; his great privations and terrible sufferings having undermined his health . Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a ___MASK81___ state largely located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe , with two large archipelagos , the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast , two cities Ceuta and Melilla in the North African mainland and several small islands in the Alboran Sea near the Moroccan coast . Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar ; to the north and northeast by France , Andorra , and the Bay of Biscay ; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean . It is the only European country to have a border with an African country ( Morocco ) and its African territory accounts for nearly 5 % of its population , mostly in the Canary Islands but also in Ceuta and Melilla . Portugal ( Portuguese : ), officially the Portuguese Republic ( Portuguese : ), is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe . It is the westernmost country of mainland Europe . To the west and south it is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and to the east and north by Spain . The Portugal  Spain border is long and considered the longest uninterrupted border within the European Union . The republic also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira , both autonomous regions with their own regional governments . The European Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of ___MASK25___ states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all ___MASK25___ states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in ___MASK18___ and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU ___MASK25___ states which use the euro currency . A republic ( from ) is a ___MASK81___ state , country , or government which is organized with a form of government in which power resides in elected individuals representing the citizen body and government leaders exercise power according to the rule of law . In modern times , the definition of a republic commonly refers to a government which excludes a monarch . Currently , 147 of the world ' s 206 ___MASK81___ states use the word " republic " as part of their ___MASK87___ names ; not all of these are republics in the sense of having elected governments , nor do all nations with elected governments use the word " republic " in their names . Isaac de Leon , who lived at Toledo , Spain , was one of the last rabbis of Castile . He was a native of Leon , and a ___MASK77___ of Isaac Campanton , and , like Moses de Leon , a kabbalist and a believer in miracles . Joseph Caro and others honored him with the title of " the great ___MASK62___ ." He was more than seventy years of age at his death , which occurred some years before the expulsion of the Jews from Spain ; he was mourned by many pupils . The work ascribed to him , " Megillat Ester ," an answer to Nahmanides ' criticism of Maimonides ' " Sefer ha - Miwot ," has been proved by Azulai to belong to Isaac Leon ibn Zur , a later writer . ___MASK85___ Moses ben Nahman (" Mšeh bn - Nmn ", " Moses son of Nahman "; 1194  1270 ), commonly known as Nachmanides (" Nakhmaníds "), and also referred to by the acronym Ramban and by the contemporary nickname Bonastruc ça Porta ( literally " Mazel Tov near the Gate "), was a leading medieval Jewish scholar , Sephardic ___MASK85___ , philosopher , physician , kabbalist , and biblical commentator . He was raised , studied , and lived for most of his life in Girona , Catalonia . He is also considered to be an important figure in the re - establishment of the Jewish community in Jerusalem following its decimation at the hands of the Crusaders in 1099 . The Iberian Peninsula , also known as Iberia , is located in the southwest corner of Europe . The peninsula is principally divided between Portugal and Spain , comprising most of their territory . It also includes Andorra and a small part of France along the peninsula ' s northeastern edge , as well as Gibraltar on its south coast , a small peninsula which forms an overseas territory of the ___MASK60___ . With an area of approximately , it is the second largest European peninsula , after the Scandinavian .