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Portuguese seize island of Goa to make military\commercial based
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Portuguese built a trading empire with military & merchant outposts
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Portuguese built trading empires in South East Asia
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Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe.
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Portugal takes island of Malacca under Albuquerque.
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Magellan had claimed Archipelago.
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Netherlands was part of Holy Roman Empire, later Protestant, Northern Provinces want independence.
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Mughal Empire started for 200 years it was peaceful.
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Dutch return with ships from Asia leading to increase in overseas trade.
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A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed Dutch East India Company.
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The dutch captured Malacca from Portuguese.
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The British & the France had become locked in a bitter struggle
