Portuguese Ceylon
E12377
Portuguese Ceylon was the period of Portuguese colonial rule over parts of the island of Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka) from the early 16th to mid-17th century, marked by control of coastal regions and the spice trade.
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese overseas possession
→
early modern polity → former colony → |
| capital |
Colombo
→
|
| colonialPower |
Kingdom of Portugal
→
|
| conflictWith |
Dutch East India Company
→
Kingdom of Kandy → |
| continent |
Asia
→
|
| controlledAreaType |
coastal regions
→
|
| country |
Portugal
→
|
| didNotControl |
interior Kingdom of Kandy at most times
→
|
| dominantColonialReligion |
Roman Catholicism
→
|
| endDate |
1658
→
|
| endDateApproximate |
mid-17th century
→
|
| endEvent |
expulsion of Portuguese by the Dutch and the Kingdom of Kandy
→
|
| followedBy |
Dutch Ceylon
→
|
| fortifications |
Colombo Fort
→
Galle Fort (early Portuguese fortifications) → Jaffna Fort → |
| governedBy |
Portuguese viceroy in Goa
→
captain-major of Ceylon → governor of Ceylon → |
| heritage |
Portuguese loanwords in Sinhala and Tamil
→
spread of Catholic communities in Sri Lanka → |
| introducedLanguageContact |
Portuguese Creole in Sri Lanka
→
|
| languageOfAdministration |
Portuguese
→
|
| localLanguages |
Sinhala
→
Tamil → |
| locatedIn |
Ceylon
→
|
| locatedInPresentDay |
Sri Lanka
→
|
| mainPort |
Colombo
→
Galle → Negombo → |
| majorExport |
areca nut
→
cinnamon → elephants → pepper → |
| partOf |
Portuguese Empire
→
|
| precededBy |
indigenous Sri Lankan kingdoms
→
|
| preExistingReligions |
Buddhism
→
Hinduism → Islam → |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
spice trade
→
|
| region |
South Asia
→
|
| religionPolicy |
promotion of Roman Catholicism
→
|
| startDate |
1505
→
|
| startDateApproximate |
early 16th century
→
|
| startEvent |
arrival of Lourenço de Almeida in Ceylon
→
|
| strategicImportance |
control of Indian Ocean trade routes
→
monopoly over cinnamon trade → |
| successorState |
Dutch Ceylon
→
|
| timePeriod |
Age of Discovery
→
early modern period → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon)
→
|
beganWithConquestOf |
|
Sinhalese people
→
|
colonialExperience |
|
Sri Lankan Moors
→
|
historicalPresence |
|
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon)
→
|
predecessor |
|
Kingdom of Kotte
→
|
successor |