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Portuguese built a trading empire with military and merchant.
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Spain had conqured and colonized the phillipine islands.
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Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe and Asia.
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Netherlands was part of holy Roman Empire's later protestant independent.
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The Portuguese seized the island of Goa to make it a military/commercial base.
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Portugal takes of Malacca under Albuquerque.
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Magellan had claimed the Archipeglo for Spain.
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Mughal Empires started and for 200 years it was peaceful.
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Portuguese built trading empire in SE Asia.
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dutch return with ships from Asia leading to an increase in overseas trade.
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a group of wealthy dutch merchands formed the dutch East India company.
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dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese.
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the British and the french had become locked in a battle struggle.
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Britian has used it grate well to dominate much of 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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the Dutch maintained an Empire in India.