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The Weapons
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The Portuguese invaded Hormuz continent till its east and from
Kingdom by four ships and there, they reached the west of
about 460 sailors in the year India then to the Arabian Gulf,
1507, beginning from the Omani where there were the ports for
Koriamoria Islands (El Halaniat the world trade of spices at that
Islands) , then Ras El Had, time. That was controlling on the
Qolhat, Qorayat, Masqat, Sahar, world trade ways between East
KthheoIrslFaankdaoafnHuonrtmilutzheityserlef a.(c5)hed and West.
The Portuguese historian Joao But the most important
de Barros summarized the question here, how could
strategic location of Hormuz in those Portuguese, they were
the Arabian Gulf by copying of a minor in numbers compared
famous Eastern saying of one of with the original dwellers
the Latin Poets saying: in these eastern regions, to
(Si terrarium orbis, qauqua patet control on that old sailing
annulus esset Ilius Ormisum way
gemma dequsque foret) The most important answer to
Meaning: “ If the world is a ring. this question concentrates in
rSinog”H(o6r)muz is the gem of that this magic word at that time:
Technology, represented in the
The strategic location of Hormuz in the outstanding weapons
Arabian Gulf On the way to achieve this,
the Portuguese depended on
The Portuguese controlled three principles or ideas (tres
first on the way of south Africa principios) beginning in their
continent, then they continue military and navy superiority,
They were: Science, Materials
and the Human Power.
(a de ciencia, a de material, a de
pessoal)
* The Portuguese weapon
which was used in the
invasion:
The Portuguese military navy
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