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Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe and Asia.
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Portuguese seized the island of Goa off the Coast of India, making it their major military and commercial base.
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Portugal built trading empire in South East Asia.
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The Portuguese also took the East Indies port of Malacca massacring the city's Muslims.
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The Portuguese had built and controlled the trading empire.
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Netherlands were part of the Holy Roman Empire, later Protestant, later Provinces wanted independence.
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Magellan had claimed the archipelago (Philippines) for Spain.
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Mughal empire started and for 200 years it was peaceful, prosperous, and strong. King Affonso The First wrote a complaint letter to King John The Third of Portugal.
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The Dutch returned with ships from Asia leasing to an increase in oversea trade.
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A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed the Dutch East India Company.
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Dutch captured Malacca formed the Portuguese and opened the trade with India.
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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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British and French people became locked into a bitter struggle for global 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
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Spanish had conquered and colonized the Philippine Islands.
