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Period: 1500 to
Most of 1500s
Portugal controlled the spice trade between Europe and Asia -
1510
Portuguese Seize Goa
The Portuguese seized the island of Goa off the coast of India, making it their major military and commercial base. -
Period: 1510 to 1560
In less than 50 years....
The Portuguese took the East Indies port of Malacca, massacring the cities muslims -
Period: 1510 to 1560
Portuguese in SE Asia
Portuguese built trading empire in SE Asia -
1511
The Portuguese and Malacca
The Portuguese took the East Indies port of Malacca, massacring the cities muslims. -
1521
Magellan Claims the Archipelago
Magellan had claimed the archipelago (the Philippines) for Spain -
1525
Early 1500s
Netherlands was part of Holy Roman Empire, later Protestant Northern Provinces want independence. -
1526
Mughal Empire and Afonso I
Mughal Empire started and for 200 years it was peaceful, prosperous and strong. King Affonso I writes a complaint letter to King John III of Portugal -
The Dutch and Overseas Trade
A Dutch fleet returned with ships to Amsterdam form Asia leading to an increase in overseas trade. -
DEIC
A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed the Dutch East India Company -
Malacca and The Dutch
Dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese and opened trade with China -
Mid 1700s
The British and the French had become locked in a bitter struggle for global power -
During 1700s
The growing power of England and France contributed to the decline of the Dutch trading empire in the east -
Late 1700s
Britain has used its great wealth to dominate much of India
