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for most of the 1500s portugal controlled the spice trade
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After portugal requesting a number of demands from the malaccan sultan the sultan refused the portuguese took over malacca
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1200 portuguese soldiers set sail from goa to malacca after the malaccan ruler denied trade from the international muslim trade convinced him portugal was a grave threat
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In less than 50 years Portugal had build a trading empire in southeas asia
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The dutch became the first europeans to challenge portugal in the spice trade
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The dutch east india company created in 1602 became the first formally listed public company
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spain soon became the front runner in spice trade and france developed the french east india company
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In 1665 the dutch's interests became centered in southeast Asia and its spice trade this lead to the decline of Portugal and the dutch