Quote Originally Posted by intifadanyz View Post
Many historical record stated that European intervention in South East Asia started at 16th century, as Portuguesa arrived in Malacca, and Spanish in Philippines in early 1500~. But Sejarah Melayu stated that it was earlier, in 15th century, as Kastilan forces invaded Maluku. Do you guys have more info?
missionary from spain and portuguese did comes far earlier... and indeed, muslim accounts tend to tell them as "invasion" because they generally cause unrests among nobles and spark rebellion from Christianized princes and nobles....