Flash Point History

Currently on 19 minutes of a 23 minute production - hoping to have it out on Monday / Tuesday. 

It always impresses me how having a monopoly on something can change the entire political and economic scene. Goa, in the 16th century, happened to be THE hub of the Arabian horse trade. A commodity that every kingdom and sultanate needed for their armies. By controlling the city, the Portuguese had leverage on everyone.

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