Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Did European "superior technology" really win the age of colonization? Not exactly. In the Malay world, local Sultanates had cannons, flintlocks, and expert shipbuilders. The Dutch VOC didn't win through firepower alone; they played a brutal "Game of Thrones," using shrewd politicking and internal rebellions to dismantle indigenous sovereignty. See how the world's first multinational corporation moved from trade to total territorial conquest.
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