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Oman History Timeline6000 BC First settlement traces found in Muscat.
2500 BC-2000 BC The Magan period. Several remains from mining have been found at the village of Maysar in central-eastern Oman.
1300 BC-300 BC The Omani Iron Age
1000 BC Evidences found in Maysar about irrigation systems. (falaj)
300 BC-500 AD The classical period in Oman
700 AD Beginning of Arab control and the introduction of Islam.
1507 Muscat is captured by Portuguese
1650 The Portuguese expelled from Oman
1737 Persians invade
1749 The Persian community expelled.
1861 The ruler takes the title "Sultan”
1913 Fight between the Sultan and the Imam. The interior support Ibadite imams and the coastal areas support the sultan.
1920 Peace is restored.
1954 A new rebellion is started by a the Imam.
1959 The sultan puts the rebellion down and regain the control
1967 Beginning of oil production in Oman.
1970 Sultan Said is overthrown by his son in a bloodless coup. Sultan Qaboos begins a liberalization and modernization program
1999 Oman and United Arab Emirates (UAE) sign a border agreement
2006 Oman and the US sign a free trade deal.
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