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Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe and Asia
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The Portuguese seized the island of Goa off the coast of India, making it their military and commercial base
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Portugal built trading empire in Southeast Asia
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The Portuguese had built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts
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Portugal takes island of Malacca under Albuquerque
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Magellan had claimed the archipelago (Philippines) for Spain
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Spain had conquered and colonized the Philippine Islands
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Mughal empire started and for over 200 years it was peaceful, prosperous, and strong. King Affonso I writes a complaint letter to King John III of Portugal
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A Dutch fleet returned to Amsterdam from Asia
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A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed the Dutch East India Company
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Dutch captured Malacca from Portuguese and opened trade with China
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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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The British and French had become locked in a bitter struggle for global power
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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 India
