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Imagine, Around 1453, merchants of Venice and Genoa monopolized the trade between Europe and Asia and refused to let any other West European nation (Spain, Portugal) to have any share in the trade through these old routes. But the West European states wanted to break the trade monopoly. They searched for new and safer seaContinue reading “Modern India Season 1: Episode 1: How Europeans put their foot in India, 16th century”