Gupta rule, while solidified by territorial expansion through war, began a period of peace and prosperity marked by advancements in science, technology, engineering, art, dialectics, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy.
Missionary work of the Catholic Church has often been undertaken outside the geographically. In 1588 the diocese of Funai (Nagasaki) was founded under Portuguese protection. In rivalry with the Jesuits.
A steady increase in the United States' Hispanic population
