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The Weapons

Since the beginning the aims of of weapons.
Portuguese were concentrated The Portuguese invaded Oman
specially on searching for the coast and the Gulf between
main areas in the world that 1507-1508 by the Commander
produce the black g(2o).ldIt for that (Alfonso De Albuquerque). The
time (black pepper) was the Portuguese were
most important element in the ethxepealllleydoffrBomrititshheaGnudlfPienr1s6ia2.2(4b) y
group of the eastern spices. The
Portuguese used their modern Afonso de Albuquerqu
European Maritime Power in
achieving these aims at that time.
After their success in crossing
the Cape of Good Hope (Cabo
da Boa Esperanca) by their
Portuguese Commander (Vasco
da Gama) in 1499. The way to
India began working across that
southern African place which
dwoasCanbamo)e(3d).in Portuguese (Rota
The Portuguese age is considered
the first periods of the European
Invasion which left a great effect
on modern times and specially
on the history of the Gulf and in a
special way in the case of letting
the fire weapons in through the
ships during wars. In a time of
80 years the Portuguese could
control on the two trade branches
in the Indian Ocean that were:
the Arabian Gulf and the way
through the Red Sea. That was
through what the Portuguese
Empire won from the new power
of the new technology in the field

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