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[18] [19] When the Spanish colonized the Philippines via Latin America, Spaniards and Mexicans joined the Filipinos in trading at Thailand. The Ayutthaya Period is known as the golden age of Thai literature, Art and Trade with the eastern and western world. The Ayutthaya period was also considered as "a golden age of medicine in Thailand" due ...
Spanish Philippines (1565–1898, 3rd longest European colony in Asia, 333 years), Singapore – British colony (1819–1959) Insular Government of the Philippine Islands - U.S. colony (1902-1946) Taiwan: Spanish Formosa (1626–1642) Dutch Formosa (1624–1662) Bahrain; Portuguese Bahrain (1521–1602) British Protectorate (1861–1971) Iraq
Spanish officials converted the islands to Christianity and established some settlements, permanently establishing the Philippines as the area of East Asia most oriented toward the West in terms of culture and commerce. The Moro Muslims fought against the Spanish for over three centuries in the Spanish–Moro conflict.
One version of the map of Thailand's territorial losses, listing eight instances of losses to the French and British colonial empires. The territorial losses of Thailand is a concept in Thai historiography, referring to conflicts during the Rattanakosin period of Thailand (or Siam as it was historically known) where the country was forced to cede territory, especially to the Western powers of ...
Spanish East Indies (now the Philippines) – Spanish colony from 1565 to 1898 (now Indonesia) – Dutch colony from 1602 to 1949 (included Netherlands New Guinea until 1962) Portuguese Insulíndia – Former Portuguese colony/possessions from 1522 to 1605 until Dutch East India Company takeover. British Malaya (now part of Malaysia and Singapore):
Whereas Spanish colonialism was based on the religious conversion and exploitation of local populations via encomiendas (many Spaniards emigrated to the Americas to elevate their social status, and were not interested in manual labor), Northern European colonialism was bolstered by those emigrating for religious reasons (for example, the ...
Thailand's effort to persuade its neighbours to re-engage with Myanmar's ostracised ruling generals has received a lukewarm response, with concern that it could undermine the official peace effort ...
In October 2010, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, Kasit Piromya, visited Spain. The highlight of this visit was the signing of a Joint Action Plan (2010-2015) which included the main areas of bilateral relations between Spain and Thailand. [4] In 2021, Spain made a great effort to help Thailand with a donation of vaccines against ...