HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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the Portuguese conquered it in 1504.
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1504.
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1511.
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the Spanish conquered it in 1511.
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Detailed explanation-1: -After 1403, a Malay ruler rapidly transformed it from a sleepy fishing village to a center of world trade in less than a decade, but in 1511, the dynamic trade emporium fell to Portuguese invaders who gradually ran Malacca into the ground until they were conquered in turn by the Dutch in 1641.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why was Malacca important to Indian Ocean trade in the fifteenth century? Its location was an ideal storage location for goods travelling between South Asia and East Asia.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Strait of Malacca is the shortest shipping route between the Far East and the Indian Ocean. Ships have passed through it for centuries, and trading posts grew up from an early stage, which simultaneously became centres of education, science and art.