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Portuguese seized the island of Goa off the coast of India. Make a military/commercial Base.
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Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe and Asia.
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Netherlands was part of Holy Roman Empire, later the Prodistant northern provinces want independance.
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Mughal empire started and for 200 years it was peaceful, prosperious and strong
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Dutch fleet return to Amsterdam from Asia leading to more spices.
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The Portuguese took the easy indies port of Malacca in 1511.
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The Portuguese built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts.
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Magellen had claimed the archipelago for Spain.
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Portuguese built trading empire with south east Asia.
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Group of wealthy Dutch merchants from the dutch east India company.
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Dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese and opened trade with China.
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British and the French had become locked in a bitter struggle for global power.
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Dutch maintained an empire in Indonesia until the 1900s.
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It had used it great wealth to dominate most of India.
