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Ceylon

Ceylon is the former name of Sri Lanka, an island south of India famous for cinnamon. Its coastal areas were controlled by the Portuguese Empire in the sixteenth century and then taken by the Dutch Empire in the seventeenth century. Britain seized the Dutch possessions at the end of the eighteenth century.

Ceylon
Image: Original: Sri Lanka Vectorization: Zscout370, Mike Rohsopht · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 3 profiles

Dutch EmpireDeclinePortuguese EmpireDeclineDutch RepublicImpact

Mentioned in 3 state histories

Phimai regimeBritish CeylonUnited Suvadive Republic

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ceylon. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ceylon
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“Ceylon.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ceylon. Accessed .
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