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Conflict Middle East

Ottoman-Portuguese Wars

1538 CE – 1559 CE · 21 years

A struggle for control of Indian Ocean trade routes as the Portuguese disrupted centuries-old Muslim trade networks. The Ottomans ultimately failed to dislodge Portugal from its Indian strongholds.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Ottoman Empire, Indian Ocean allies
  • Portuguese Empire

Key moments

Defining events in the Ottoman-Portuguese Wars.

  1. 1538 Siege of Diu
  2. 1554 Battle of the Strait of Hormuz

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Middle East

Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Egypt

Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Petra

300 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Persia

Attested 400 CE – 1914 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Dead Sea

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Hadramaut

Attested 323 BCE – 1700 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Wadi Rum

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Safavid Empire

1501 CE – 1736 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1538 CE and 1559 CE.

1540 CE Iglesia de Santo Tomás 1544 CE Valparaíso 1545 CE Potosí 1546 CE Schmalkaldic War 1547 CE Burmese–Siamese Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Iglesia de Santo Tomás Landmark · Americas 1540 CE – still standing Grand Duchy of Moscow Polity · Europe 1263 CE – 1547 CE Russo–Kazan Wars Conflict 1445 CE – 1556 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Nicolaus Copernicus Figure · Poland / Prussia 1473 CE – 1543 CE Valparaíso Landmark · Americas 1544 CE – still standing
Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Great Pyramid of GizaDouwe C. van der Zee · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of EgyptDerived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain
  • PetraAzurfrog · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Flag of Iran (official)SVG file: SiBr 4 Designer: Hamid Nadimi Construction: ISIRI · Public domain
  • Dead Seaلا روسا · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • HadhramautJialiang Gao www.peace-on-earth.org [ dead link ] · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Wadi RumDaniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Safavid FlagSafavid_Flag.png : Orange Tuesday ( talk ) The original uploader was Orange Tuesday at En… · Public domain