Portuguese expansion into North Africa

Target entity: Portuguese expansion into North Africa
Context triple: [Conquest of Ceuta, partOf, Portuguese expansion into North Africa]

• A. Conquest of Ceuta
  The Conquest of Ceuta was the 1415 Portuguese capture of the North African city of Ceuta, marking the beginning of Portugal’s overseas expansion and the wider European Age of Discovery.
• B. Portuguese expedition of 1381–1382
  The Portuguese expedition of 1381–1382 was an English-led military campaign to the Iberian Peninsula during the late 14th-century conflicts over the Portuguese and Castilian thrones.
• C. Second Portuguese India Armada
  The Second Portuguese India Armada was a 1500–1501 naval expedition led by Pedro Álvares Cabral that both reinforced Portugal’s presence in the Indian Ocean and resulted in the European discovery of Brazil.
• D. Portuguese reconquest of Recife
  The Portuguese reconquest of Recife was the 1654 military campaign in which Portugal expelled Dutch forces from their main stronghold in Brazil, effectively ending Dutch colonial rule in the region.
• E. Portuguese conquest of Malacca
  The Portuguese conquest of Malacca was a 1511 military campaign led by Afonso de Albuquerque in which Portugal captured the strategic Southeast Asian port city of Malacca, establishing a key base for its maritime empire and control of regional spice trade routes.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Portuguese expansion into North Africa
Target entity description: Portuguese expansion into North Africa was a series of early 15th- and 16th-century military and maritime campaigns through which Portugal seized key coastal cities and fortresses across the Maghreb, laying foundations for its wider overseas empire.

• A. Conquest of Ceuta
  The Conquest of Ceuta was the 1415 Portuguese capture of the North African city of Ceuta, marking the beginning of Portugal’s overseas expansion and the wider European Age of Discovery.
• B. Portuguese expedition of 1381–1382
  The Portuguese expedition of 1381–1382 was an English-led military campaign to the Iberian Peninsula during the late 14th-century conflicts over the Portuguese and Castilian thrones.
• C. Second Portuguese India Armada
  The Second Portuguese India Armada was a 1500–1501 naval expedition led by Pedro Álvares Cabral that both reinforced Portugal’s presence in the Indian Ocean and resulted in the European discovery of Brazil.
• D. Portuguese reconquest of Recife
  The Portuguese reconquest of Recife was the 1654 military campaign in which Portugal expelled Dutch forces from their main stronghold in Brazil, effectively ending Dutch colonial rule in the region.
• E. Portuguese conquest of Malacca
  The Portuguese conquest of Malacca was a 1511 military campaign led by Afonso de Albuquerque in which Portugal captured the strategic Southeast Asian port city of Malacca, establishing a key base for its maritime empire and control of regional spice trade routes.
• F. None of above. chosen