Renaissance · South Asia · War
1507
Almeida Crushes Mamluks at Diu
1507
The Portuguese viceroy Francisco de Almeida engaged a combined Mamluk, Ottoman, and Gujarati fleet off the Indian port of Diu. Cannon fire tore the Muslim galleys apart. The battle, which Almeida fought to avenge his son, ended Arab dominance of the Indian Ocean spice routes within a generation. The victory shifted Indian Ocean commerce from the Red Sea to the Cape route, redirecting spice trade from Venice to Lisbon.
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Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.
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