 Nyorera kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - North Maluku pakutanga yaive nzvimbo yemasultan mana makuru eIslam kumabvazuva kweIndonesia archipelago -Bacan, Jailolo, Tidore neTernate - inozivikanwa se Moloku Kië Raha Makomo mana eMaluku. Pakasvika vokuEurope pakuvamba kwezana ramakore rechi 16, North Maluku yakava nzvimbo yemakwikwi pakati pevaPutukezi, veSpain nechiDutch kudzora kutengeserana. Pakupedzisira, vaDutch vakabuda vakunda, vachitanga mazana matatu amakore okutonga kwechiDutch munharaunda yacho. MaJapan akapinda munharaunda yacho muHondo Yenyika II, uye Ternate yakava muzinda wokutonga kweJapan munharaunda yePacific. Kutevera kuzvitonga kweIndonesia, nharaunda yacho yakava chikamu chedunhu reMaluku. 