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Portugal controlled the 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 major military and commercial base.
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The Portuguese took the East Indies port of Malacca, massacring the cities muslims
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Portuguese built trading empire in SE Asia
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The Portuguese took the East Indies port of Malacca, massacring the cities muslims.
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Magellan had claimed the archipelago (the Philippines) for Spain
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Netherlands was part of Holy Roman Empire, later Protestant Northern Provinces want independence.
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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
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A Dutch fleet returned with ships to Amsterdam form Asia leading to an 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 has used its great wealth to dominate much of India
