European Rivalries in the Straits
The intense competition between the Dutch and the British for control of trade routes.
Key Questions
- 1How did European rivalries affect local Malay rulers?
- 2Why was the Straits of Malacca a strategic flashpoint?
- 3How did these rivalries lead to the founding of Singapore?
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