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In 1510 the Portuguese seized the island of Goa off the coast of India, Making it their major military and communication base.
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The city of the Muslims were massacred.
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Netherlands was part of the Holy Roman Empire but Protestant and Northern provinces wanted independence.
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The Portuguese had built a trading empire with military and merchant outputs.
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Magellan had claimed the archipelago for Spain.,
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The Mugual Empire stated and for 200 years it was peaceful and strong. In this year King Alfonso writes a complaint letter to King John lll
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Portuguese built a trading empire in southeast Asia.
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Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe and Asia.
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The Dutch returned with ships from Asia leading to increase to oversea trade.
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A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed the Dutch East India Company,
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England is growing in power and France contributed to the decline of the Dutch trading empire in the east. They were stuck in a struggle for power.
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Britain used its great wealth to dominate much of India.
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The Dutch maintained an empire in Indonesia.
