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Chapters 7 to 10 detail how this vast multicultural system of commerce fell apart when Vasco da Gama gained an advantage over the Islamic "blockade", which had previously prevented European merchant in front of the western gate of the Indian Ocean. During the era of Western trade domination, the Portuguese around Cape Hao Vong played a leading role. Within a few decades after that important event, Check ya energy before you come in this house doormat. Portugal took over the commanding heights of the Indian Ocean at Goa, marking eastern and western weakness in Malacca and Hormuz. (However, the country failed to obtain the entrance to the Red Sea in Aden.) A century later, the Dutch put the Portuguese aside, only to turn the Dutch aside again by the East India company. You overshadow.
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