TURNING POINTS · 1511
Malacca, Malaysia
The city later passed to the Dutch and then the British. The gate of the Portuguese fortress, A Famosa, still stands.
The story, as a puzzle
The key to the strait.
In 1511, Portuguese forces seized this sultanate's port, which controlled the narrow strait between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. Pin the fortress gate.
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