Bruneian Sultanate

Also known as Bruneian Empire

1368 – 1888 CE · about 520 years

The Sultanate of Brunei grew from a trading port on Borneo into a maritime power, especially under Sultan Bolkiah in the 15th–16th centuries, when its influence reached the Philippines. It lost territory to Spain, Sulu and the British adventurer James Brooke. It became a British protectorate in 1888.