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most of the countries in south asia became colinies of europe . elaborate

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European colonisation of Southeast Asiabegan as Western influence started to enter the area around the 16th century, when theDutch and Portuguese were attracted by the lucrative spice trade. The Portuguese arrived in Malacca, Maluku and Timor, and theSpanish established themselves beginning from their conquest of Manila which expand into a larger territory of Spanish East Indies. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, the Dutch arrived in Batavia and established theDutch East Indies, and the British established themselves in the Strait Settlements and further to British Malaya and Borneo as well inBurma. In the 19th century, the French joined their European counterparts in establishingFrench Indochina. By the turn of the century, all Southeast Asian nations were colonised except for Siam.

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