Portuguese–Sitawaka conflicts

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The Portuguese–Sitawaka conflicts were a series of 16th-century military struggles in Sri Lanka between the expanding Portuguese colonial forces and the inland Kingdom of Sitawaka for control of the island’s trade routes and territory.

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Portuguese–Sitawaka conflicts canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
Kingdom of Sitawaka ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
conflictScope series of campaigns and battles ⓘ
conflictType colonial war ⓘ
era Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

early modern period ⓘ
geopoliticalContext European colonial expansion in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
hasParticipant Portuguese colonial forces ⓘ
inland forces of the Kingdom of Sitawaka ⓘ
impact reconfiguration of political map of Sri Lanka ⓘ
strengthening of Portuguese influence in the Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
involvedRegion inland regions of Sri Lanka ⓘ
western coast of Sri Lanka ⓘ
involvedTerritory Kingdom of Sitawaka ⓘ
Portuguese Ceylon ⓘ
languageOfBelligerents Portuguese ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
location Sri Lanka ⓘ
mainTheater island of Sri Lanka ⓘ
opponent Kingdom of Sitawaka ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
partOf Portuguese expansion in Asia ⓘ
Portuguese presence in Sri Lanka ⓘ
Portuguese–Sri Lankan conflicts ⓘ
history of Sri Lanka ⓘ
primaryCause control of trade routes in Sri Lanka ⓘ
territorial expansion ⓘ
relatedTo Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ
Portuguese conquest of Ceylon ⓘ
Sri Lankan resistance to Portuguese rule ⓘ
religiousContext Catholic Portuguese versus predominantly Buddhist Sinhalese kingdom ⓘ
result Portuguese consolidation of coastal areas of Sri Lanka ⓘ
decline of the Kingdom of Sitawaka ⓘ
startTime 16th century ⓘ
strategicObjective control of cinnamon and spice trade ⓘ
control of coastal ports ⓘ

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Kingdom of Sitawaka → conflict → Portuguese–Sitawaka conflicts ⓘ
Sitawaka → conflict → Portuguese–Sitawaka conflicts ⓘ