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Portugal controlled the spice trade between Europe and Asia
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Netherlands was part in Holy Roman Empire later protestant northern
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Portuguese seized island of Goa, made into military/commercial base
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Portuguese built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts
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Spain had conquered and colonized the Philippines Islands
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Portuguese built trading empire in SE Asia
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Portuguese took East Indies port of Malacca, commanded by Albuquerque
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Magellan had claimed the archipelago for Spain in 1521
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Mughal Empire started for 200 years, it was peaceful, prosperous, and strong, Affonso I writes complaint to King John III of Portugal
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a dutch fleet returned to Amsterdam from Asia after more than a year
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A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed the Dutch East India Company
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the Dutch captured Malacca from Portuguese and opened trade with China
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the growing power of England and France contributed to decline of Dutch trading empire
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had used its great wealth to dominate most of India
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Dutch maintained empire from Indonesia until 1900
