all you school kids hahahah u should drop out..
the states were Christians.
these states did not have strong, central monarchies
malay peninsula and the indonesian archipelago
i think its these states had fewer goods to trade.
Islamic sultans were found on the Malay Peninsula and in the small coastal states of the indonesian Archipelago.
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By 1500, Islam had spread to most of the countries where it now prevails in North Africa, East Africa, Southeast Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and the Indonesian Archipelago.
The Malay Archipelago and the Philippine Archipelago
The Philippine archipelago is located in Southeast Asia, southeast of the Asian continent. It is geographically separated by the South China Sea from the nearest landmass, which is mainland Asia.
The Malay Archipelago is located between mainland southeast Asia and Australia. The absolute location of the Malay Archipelago is 2o56'S, 107o55'E.
The Philippines is an archipelago made up of 7,641 islands in Southeast Asia.
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