Antiquity and the Middle Ages

The peninsula of Oman, producing of Incense, had in antiquity an important marketing activity with the Mésopotamie, the Perse and the India. The country was dominated by Persians in the posterior years with -536. Then, towards 750, the area was used as refuge with the Kharidjite S of the sect îbadite, which élirent the first Imam.

Modern history

See also: Mascate and Oman

The Portuguese seized the ports of the peninsula, but in 1649 - 1650, the Omanis drove out some and acquired with their costs Mombasa, Kilwa, Zanzibar and Pemba. The sultanate of Zanzibar became independent in 1861. At the end of, the Britanniques supported the dynasty of the Bû Sa' id.

XXe century

The Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed seized the power in 1970. The oriental party of the Hadramaout, the Zufâr, was the theater of a serious rebellion (1964 - 1977), said Guerre of Dhofar. The sultan accepted the establishment of an American base on the island of Masira in 1980 and made adhere his country to the Cooperation Council of the Gulf (GCC) in 1981.

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