What would the religious situation be if Spain did not colonize the Philippines? POD is 1519
Oh, I misread the POD. I apologise for that. Was Visayan Paganism more indigenous in its development or influenced by Hinduism? I am unfortunately unfamiliar with that area, nor I am really familiar with the history of Philippines all that much.
you have maybe 200 years without European contact at most. I think the Dutch and eventually the French and English will colonize it. Islam will probably head North, but island hoping will take a while due to tribal warfare. These are the same people that killed Magellan. Buddhism and maybe some Hinduism might be established in the northern parts, that is up in the air. Eventually the Europeans would come and divide up the Philippines for themselves and in the non-Islamic areas various forms of Christianity will take over.
Me as well honestly, I think that the area will fall first to the Dutch, then the British, instead of having and instead of having a colony in Borneo you would see a British Philippines.A thing to mention: Magellan had gotten the allegiance, such as it was, of the Rajah of Cebu, Humabon. And he was killed by the chieftain of Mactan, the tiny island right next to it.
That gives a bit of an idea of what the Philippines is like before the Spaniards, for the most part. small local polities with occasional loose hegemonies. The closest things to actual states would be the polities in the south.
As for dividing up the islands, I don't think it would make much sense to. Not that that's ever stopped the Europeans.![]()
If the French or the English colonize the Philippines, wr might see a scenario similar to the US happen there, like the natives being slowly displaced by European immigrants.
Plus it's certainly not very good land for making a settler colony, being tropical and already full of people. Look at how many Dutch died in Batavia over the centuries--huge numbers.
If the French or the English colonize the Philippines, wr might see a scenario similar to the US happen there, like the natives being slowly displaced by European immigrants.
And the climate itself, FYI.I kind of doubt that. Look at British Malaya, or French Indochina.
The East Indies are not Australia or the Americas, where genocide is easy because of plagues. These lands are already deeply connected to the rest of Eurasia.
If the Dutch colonize the Philippines, could we see the Archipelogo as part of Indonesia or would it be its own nation?
If the Dutch colonize the Philippines, could we see the Archipelago as part of Indonesia or would it be its own nation?
Northern Luzon will become Muslim since it is affiliated with Majapahit, before that it was affiliated with Northern Sumatra, the Majapahit affiliation is what caused the delay to Islam...No, it'll be too big to manage. They might still become separate colonies.
Going back to religion, I think northern Luzon might become Buddhist, while the southern half and Visayas would be a mix of Hinduism, paganism, and Islam.