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Portugal controlled the spice trade between Europe and Asia.
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The Netherlands was part of the holy roman empire, later protestant northern provinces won independence.
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The Portuguese seized the island of GOA to make it their military and commercial base.
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The Portuguese had built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts.
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Portuguese built trading empire in south east Asia.
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Portugal takes island of Malacca under Albuquerque.
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Magellan had claimed the archipelago (the Philippines) for Spain.
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Mughal empire started and for 200 years it was peaceful, prosperous, and strong. King Affonso l writes a complaint letter to king John lll of Portugal.
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Spain had conquered and colonized the Philippine islands.
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A dutch fleet returned to Amsterdam with ships from Asia leading to increase in overseas trade.
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a group of wealthy dutch merchants formed the dutch East India Company.
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Dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese and opened trade with China.
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The British and the French had become locked in a bitter struggle for global power.
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The growing power of England and France contributed to the decline of the dutch trading empire in the East.
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Britain had used its great wealth to dominate much of India.
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The dutch maintained an empire in Indonesia.
