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1. Dutch Golden Age

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   The engine of the Golden Age was not merely trade but the systematization of trade through innovative financial instruments and monopolistic corporate structures. Following the successful revolt against Spanish Habsburg rule, Dutch merchants swiftly capitalized on the disruption of established Iberian trade routes to Asia.
   The key instruments of this expansion were the chartered companies: the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Dutch West India Company (WIC). The VOC, established i…

2. Taiwan

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   History and Political Status
   The history of the island involves successive waves of migration and colonization, beginning with Austronesian settlement millennia ago. Subsequent influence from China was intermittent until the arrival of the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century, followed briefly by the Spanish. The island was incorporated into the Qing Dynasty in 1683. Following defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895, control was ceded to the Empire of Japan, a period that lasted…