Timeline of Historical Events 3000 bce Austronesian people begin arriving in the Philippines via Taiwan. 500 bce Philippine ports begin trading with China, Southeast Asia, and India. 700 Philippine trading intensifies under the Sri-Vijaya Empire (Indonesia). 1200s Muslim (Arab and Persian) trading ports begin to form in Southeast Asia. 1400s Ming Chinese traders dominate the sea-lanes. 1414 Prince Parameswara converts Malacca into a great Muslim sea emporium. 1450 Sayyid Abuy Bakhr establishes Sulu as a prominent center of Muslim trade and culture. 1493 Pope Alexander VI issues the Treaty of Tordesillas. 1497 The Portuguese, under Vasco da Gama, reach West India. 1521 Ferdinand Magellan arrives in the Philippines. King Lapu Lapu defeats Magellan, and his flotillas sail away.
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