Editing History of the Philippines (section)

=== Rise and fall of Bo-ol ===
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Around 1563, at the closing stages of the precolonial era, the [[Dapitan Kingdom|Bo-ol]] achieved prominence and it was known to a later Spanish missionary, Alcina, as the "Venice of the Visayas", because it was a wealthy, wooden and floating city-state in the Visayas. However, this kingdom was eventually attacked and destroyed by soldiers from the [[Sultanate of Ternate]], a state made up of Muslim [[Moluccans]]. The survivors of the destruction, led by their datu, Pagbuaya, migrated to northern Mindanao and established a new settlement in the region known as Dapitan. [[File:Lantakas.jpg|thumb|right|A collection of Philippine ''[[lantaka]]'', a type of swivel-gun used in inter-kingdom wars.]]They then waged war against the Sultanate of Lanao and settled in the lands conquered from them. Eventually, in vengeance against the Muslims and Portuguese allied to the Ternateans, they aided the Spanish in the conquest of Muslim Manila and in the Spanish expeditions to capture Portuguese Ternate.