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Mughal Empire started and for 200 it was peaceful, prosperous, and strong, King Affonso I writes a complaint letter to King John III of Portugal
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Dutch return 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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Magellan had claimed the archipelago the Philippines for Spain
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Portugese seized the island of Goa off the coast of India, make it military and commercial base
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Portugal takes island of Malacca under Albuquergue
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Dutch capture Malacca from Portugese and opened trade with China
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The Dutch maintained an empire in Indonesia
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Portugese built a trading empire with a military and merchant outposts (1510-1560)
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Portugese built trading empire in Southest Asia
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Portugal controlled the spice trade between Europe and Asia
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Netherlands were part of the Holy Roman Empire, later protestant Northern Provinces want Independence
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The British and French had become locked in a bitter struggle for global power
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Britain has used his great wealth to dominate much of Italy
