Imperialism In The Oman

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Imperialism is defined as a policy of extending a country 's power and influence through diplomacy or military force . This is exactly what they did the imerializing countries did any anything to secure their land they usually tried diplomacy first but it almost always ended with a violent conflict. The Omani Arabs took over the island of Zanzibar from Portugal and captured the natives and made them slaves for the Sultan’s massive slave trading empire and made Zanzibar the center of it. The Portuguese were able to take Zanzibar in the first place because they had more advanced technology than the natives and the natives were scared of what the Europeans were capable of. The Omani Arabs were able to take the island back from the Portuguese because