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  2. History of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    In 1571, the Spanish captured Manila and established a colony in the Philippines, reducing the Sultanate of Brunei's power. [94] After the fall of Malacca to Portugal, the Johor Sultanate on the southern Malay Peninsula and the Sultanate of Aceh on northern Sumatra moved to fill the power vacuum left behind. [52]

  3. List of countries that have gained independence from Spain

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    In 1597, the Spanish (Castilian) crown lost the Netherlands (Holland). In 1640, Portugal split away after Philip II had incorporated it to its domains in 1581. A second independence tide came about following the Independence of the Thirteen Colonies in North America and the Battle of Trafalgar that heralded the end of the Spanish Atlantic hegemony.

  4. List of colonies - Wikipedia

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    Toggle Colonies by Asian countries subsection. 3. ... List of colonies. 1 language. Magyar; ... An 18th-century casta painting from New Spain shows a Spanish man and ...

  5. Spanish East Indies - Wikipedia

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    A large part of the population in these countries were forced to use Spanish names and surnames, many of which are still in use. Also, because of the introduction of new tools, products, crops and technology by Spaniards in the three centuries of colonial rule, many Spanish loanwords entered the native languages of these countries.

  6. European colonisation of Southeast Asia - Wikipedia

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    The first phase of European colonization of Southeast Asia took place throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. Where new European powers competing to gain monopoly over the spice trade, as this trade was very valuable to the Europeans due to high demand for various spices such as pepper , cinnamon , nutmeg , and cloves .

  7. Colonial empire - Wikipedia

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    Portugal began establishing the first global trade network and one of the first colonial empires [6] [7] under the leadership of Henry the Navigator.The empire spread throughout a vast number of territories distributed across the globe (especially at one time in the 16th century) that are now parts of 60 different sovereign states.

  8. List of former European colonies - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of former European colonies. The European countries which had the most colonies throughout history were: ... Malaysia; British Malaya ...

  9. Malay cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Malay cuisine (Malay: Masakan Melayu; Jawi: ماسقن ملايو‎‎ ‎) is the traditional food of the ethnic Malays of Southeast Asia, residing in modern-day Malaysia, Indonesia (parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan), Singapore, Brunei, Southern Thailand and the Philippines (mostly southern) as well as Cocos Islands, Christmas Island, Sri Lanka and South Africa.