The Dutch were the European power that controlled the trading post of Nagasaki during the Edo period in Japan. They established a presence in the city in the early 17th century and were allowed to trade exclusively with Japan, following the policy of sakoku, or national isolation. The Dutch operated from Dejima, a small artificial island in Nagasaki Bay, which became the sole point of contact between Japan and the outside world for over two centuries.
Yes. They were industrialised. And they had 56 number of colonies so they controlled all the major sea routes for trading.
Algeria is in Africa and lies next to Libya. It was a French colony once upon a time.
The Canary Islands, off the west coast of Africa, are still controlled by Spain. Madeira Island also lays off of Africa's west coast and is controlled by Portugal.
The Canary Islands, off the west coast of Africa, are still controlled by Spain. Madeira Island also lays off of Africa's west coast and is controlled by Portugal.
The Canary Islands several hundreds miles off the west coast of Africa are still under the control of a European power. The nation of Portugal exerts governmental control over them.
It was supposed to hurt England economically. Its goal was to reduce the economic power of Britain by preventing England from trading with the European continent.
The bomb had the power to destroy the city completly.
Liberia was the only country in West Africa to not be colonized by a European Power as it already had a "legitimate" Western-style government.
One reason for the Vasco da Gama trip around Africa and to India was that it was in Portugal's (and every other European trading power's) interest to find a way around the Ottoman Empire.
They managed to mapower according to the emperor's wish.
that the mughal thought the other countries were as powerful or more powerful than them.
Hiroshima was the place were the atomic bomb was dropped. Nagasaki was the other place with the same fate. These cities were destroyed by the power of the atomic bombs.