2007 Indian Ocean Island Games 2007 Indian Ocean Island Games The 2007 Indian Ocean Island Games commonly known as Les septieme Jeux des iles de L'Ocean Indien in French was the 7th edition of the competition, held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The last edition was held in 2003 in Mauritius. The next edition took place in Seychelles in 2011. It was the second time Madagascar organized these games after the 1990 Indian Ocean Islands Games. The mascot of the games was a ravenala plant (which is a symbol of Madagascar) named Ravi 7 islands, all located in the Indian Ocean, participated in the 2007 Indian Ocean
Ottoman naval expeditions in the Indian Ocean the largely-autonomous Khedivate of Egypt. Ottoman naval expeditions in the Indian Ocean The Ottoman expeditions in the Indian Ocean ( or "", "Indian Ocean campaigns") were a series of Ottoman amphibious operations in the Indian Ocean in the 16th century. There were four expeditions between 1538 and 1554, during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent. After the voyages of Vasco da Gama, a powerful Portuguese Navy took control of the Indian Ocean in the early 16th century. It threatened the coastal cities of the Arabian Peninsula and India. The headquarters of the Portuguese Navy was in Goa, a city on