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The island of Goa is taken by the Portuguese to become a military/commercial base island
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Portuguese build a trading empire in South East Asia and make military and merchant outposts.
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Afonso De Albuquerque takes the island of Malacca, massacring the Muslims.
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The Portuguese build a trading empire with military and merchant outposts.
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Magellan claims the Philippine archipegalo
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A peaceful time, people worked and lived together prosperous and strong. King afonso wrote a complaint letter to King John the III of Portugal.
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The Dutch return with ships from Asia, leading to an increase in oversea trade.
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A group of VERY wealthy merchants create the Dutch East India Company.
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The Dutch take Malacca from the Portuguese and opened trade with china.
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The British and French had become locked in a bitter eternal struggle.
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Britain uses much of it's wealth and power to dominate MUCH of India.
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The dutch lose much of the Indonesian empire
