-
Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe and Asia
-
Nether land was part of holy roman empire later protestant northern provinces want independence
-
Portuguese seized island of goa to make a military commercial base.
-
Portuguese built a trading empire with military and merchant outpost
-
Portuguese built trading empire in SE Asia
-
Portugal takes island of malacca under Albuquerque.
-
Magellan had claimed the archipelago for spain
-
Mughal empire started and for 200 years it was peaceful, prosperous and strong
-
Dutch return w/ships from Asia leading to an increases in over seas trade
-
A group of wealthy dutch merchants formed the dutch east india company
-
Dutch captured and open trade with china
