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Rebecca's avatar

The conquest of Lisbon led to the flight of Don João VI which eventually led to Brazil becoming an independent country, something not really talked about outside of Portugual or Brazil. What other little talked about consequnce of Napoleon do you find interesting you wish was better known?

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Napoleon lost almost everything he conquered, but the Code Napoléon outlived him by two centuries. Did he know at the time that the laws would matter more than the battles, or is that hindsight?

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