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resources wanted to control their resources but they didnt have much luck because of the Indian princes that ruled, remember India was a bunch of indepen dent countries so the portuguese had to make deals with all of em not just one

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To get rid of the middleman - Muslims (osman empire)

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Because it was very lucrative.

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