European Trade with Asia from Fifteenth Century Onwards

European Trade with Asia from Fifteenth Century Onwards
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European Trade with Asia from Fifteenth Century Onwards
Europe, since the fifteenth century, attempted to establish trade with Asia. They faced many challenges like the rivalry between Europe and the Portuguese, restricted trade policies, and wars. Their principal purpose was profit and development. However, Dutch explored for authority as well as profit. When they discovered that the trade challenges were threatening their profit-seeking, they invaded many Asian countries like the sub-continent and china to continue unrestricted spice trade through all traditional routes.
The beginning of the sixteenth century brought the Portuguese to the east for trade. It was when different countries were trading spices without any marine force regulation. Under the control of the Ming dynasty at its peak, the trade began to follow appropriate planning with stronger commercial ties with the west. However, Europe confronted its first prominent trade challenge with the east when Mongols attacked China in 1434. At this time, the Chinese government broke all trading contracts with the west with a defensive approach for their country. After that, the Majapahit Empire established a prosperous and well-planned trade with the west under the Hindu-Buddhist dynasty that gave a fortunate era to European economic stability. For another time, the EU had to suffer in its spice shipping due to the rise of Muslim sultans. It began a competition between the Portuguese and the Muslim sultans. The Portuguese struggled very hard but could not break the complete Muslim authority on the trade routes (Reid, n.d).
The highest amount of the shipping clove to Europe using African routes was around 80 tons annually, while the conventional spice routes of the Middle East sent a greater number of the same spice to Europe by Asia. Nevertheless, the Portuguese trailed a scheme of seizing primary ports, which provided them with a dynamic stake in the commercial line. After China allowed them to set up a trading station in 1557, they began sailing to Japan, which allowed the EU to use all the traditional Spice Routes with less challenging trade (Wills, 1984). Soon, Portuguese financial problems led them to vulnerability to different European peoples. Consequently, Dutch and Britain set their minds to trade with the East Indies at the end of the sixteenth century.
The trading group drive started in 1595 and led to even violent competitions at the beginning of the seventeenth century. To halt any crisis, all these groups joined hands in the form of the Bri...