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Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe and Asia.
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Netherlands was part of Holy Roman Empire, later protestant northern provinces want independence.
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Portuguese seized the island of Goa to make 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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Portuguese takes island of Malacca under Albuquerque.
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Magellan had claimed the archipelago (Philippines) for Spain.
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Mughal Empire started and for 200 years, it was peaceful prosperous and strong, King Affonso I writes a complaint letter to King John III of Portuguese
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Spain had conquered and colonized the Philippines islands.
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Dutch returned with ships from 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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Dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese and opened trade with China
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Growing power of England and France contributed to the decline of Dutch trading empire in the East.
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British and French had become locked in a bitter struggle for global power.
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Britain has used its great wealth to dominate much of India.
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Dutch maintained an empire in Indonesia.
