Posted on 04/13/2024 2:03:20 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
.....makes modern Oman the oldest
11:45 continuously independent state in the
11:47 Arab world today having remained largely
11:49 independent ever since then right up
11:51 until the modern day from there the
11:53 omanis utilized their centuries of
11:55 previous ship and trade experience and
11:56 everything they learned from the
11:57 Portuguese to then pursue the Portuguese
11:59 Empire across the rest of the Indian
12:01 Ocean and in the process the omanis
12:03 created a vast Maritime Empire of their
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