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S5 E5: Jakarta, the Sinking Capital

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The Dutch East India Company

The Dutch pillaged tremendous wealth from the Indonesian islands. From that foothold, the Dutch East India Company built a monopoly on some spices in the 1600s. The company ran 5,000 ships at one time, built its own forts and armies. It was a trading company and also a war machine.

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