At the inauguration of the 16th century, there was no non-muslim craft was allowed to wharf in the Arabian ports and the spice trade of eastern was mapped through Egypt. Awaring the significants of having a open route to India and the far east, The competing Europeans, they wanted to have their own port at the source of it. This make Alfonso de Albuquerque that lead the Portuguese in the 1511 to enter into Malacca's harbor with an opened fire using canon. This has brought down the golden age of Malacca.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
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