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Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe and Asia.
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Portuguese seized the island of Goa off the coast of India, to make it a military/commercial base
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Portuguese built trading empire in Southeast Asia.
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Portuguese built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts.
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The Portuguese took the East Indies part of Malacca under Albuquerque
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Magellan had claimed the archipelago (the Philippines) for Spain.
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Netherlands was part of Holy Roman Empire, later protestant Northern provinces want independence.
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The Mughal empire started and for 200 years, it was peaceful, prosperous and strong, King Alfonso I writes a complaint letter to King John III of Portugal.
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Spain had conquered and colonized the Philippine islands
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The Dutch return with ships form Asia leading to an increase in overseas trade.
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A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed the Dutch East India Company.
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The British and the French had become locked in bitter struggle for global power.
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The growing empire of England and France contributed to the decline of the Dutch trading empire in the East.
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Britain has used its great wealth to dominate much of India.
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The Dutch maintained an Empire in Indonesia.
