Makassar, Indonesia

Indonesia

Makassar, Indonesia connects to 2644 places across 26 topics through 261 Bunkabop connections, with sports, history, and military as the dominant threads. The Sultanate of Makassar rose as a major centre of the spice trade in the Indonesian archipelago as Javanese coastal towns declined, and came under Dutch control in 1669. Buginese merchants from Makassar spread Islam along trade routes as far as Kendari in the early 15th century.