How Oman Created a Colonial Empire

One small country in a sea of Portuguese wolves. Underdog to hegemon of the Western Indian Ocean. "Achilles", "Action", "Ambiment", "Ambush", "An Upsetting Theme", "Asian Drums", "Autumn Day", "Black Vortex", "Call to Adventure", "Crusade", "Desert City", "Dreamlike", "Drums of the Deep", "Enigma", "Five Armies", "For Originz", "Hall of the Mountain King", "Healing", "Journey To Ascend", "Luminous Rain", "Machinations", "Mirage", "Mourning Song", "Night Vigil", "Odyssey", "Overture", "Passing Action", "Realizer", "Revival", "Rising Tide", "Rite of Passage", "Ritual", "Silent Night", "Sunshine", "The North", "The Pyre", "The Sky of our Ancestors", "Thunderbird", "Unholy Knight", "Vanishing", "Vortex"
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[Zullyan]

The most important thing that should get mentioned here: it's economy was based on trading slaves.

[zhcultivator]

Awesome video, I love Omami architecture.

[theculturedjinni]

Oman, its Ibaadi type of Islam and its empire with its focus upon shuura accountability (7isba/mu7aasaba) is a fascinating piece of history and there are so many things to say about it that the possibilities for history here are pretty much endless. You made a good video about how this entity used its political position to challenge Portugal and to dominate locally because it played the game of sea war and politics between polities well and also the uproar that was caused by making the succession directly hereditary without due Shuura input. Good job.

[bilarabaljamei]

Can you please do a video about the civil war?

[YoussefDaanBenAmor]

I just read a story about the Imamate of Oman and its unfortunate eventual fall in the 20th century! Oman and its former empire have and incredibly rich history!

[alexanderschwarzer]

Is tye hame bun himyar relatednto why some empires in niwadays yemen were called himyarites?

[stephencuffel]

Only Arab colonial empire? How about the middle east, north Africa, and Iberia?

[adamradziwill]

5:40 lol. Muslims you are so funny . The Omani Empire was a colonizer as well, but you some how forgot to say it )))

[imperfectclark]

Am I your first Patron? How??

Your videos succeed in illuminating obscure-seeming history -- I always come away with new knowledge 🧠✨

[ziyadrgb]

No morocco did try some colonization west africa was their best conquest