“Seeing how vile and despicable the idol was, we went outside to ask why they cared about so crude and ungainly a thing. But they, astounded at our daring, defended the honor of their god and said that he was Pachacamac, the Maker of the World, who healed their infirmities. According to what we were able to learn, the devil appeared to their priests in that hut and spoke with them, and they entered there with petitions and offerings from the entire kingdom of Atahualpa, just as Moors and Turks go to the house in Mecca. Seeing the evil of what was there and the blindness of all those people, we gathered together their leaders and enlightened them. And in the presence of all, the hut was opened and torn down and with much solemnity a tall cross was raised over the seat which for so long the devil had claimed as his own.” Miguel de Estete, Spanish mercenary soldier, account of an expedition to

The Spanish actions described in the passage differed from European attempts to promote Christianity in South and East Asia in the period 1450–1750 in that

in South and East Asia, Europeans relied on established minority groups for help in spreading Christianity

in South and East Asia, Europeans relied on established minority groups for help in spreading Christianity
A

in South and East Asia, Europeans were unable to subjugate politically the powerful existing states

in South and East Asia, Europeans were unable to subjugate politically the powerful existing states
B

in South and East Asia, Europeans encountered strong local resistance and mass revolts against their attempts to establish political and cultural uniformity

in South and East Asia, Europeans encountered strong local resistance and mass revolts against their attempts to establish political and cultural uniformity
C

in South and East Asia, Europeans became too closely involved in local sectarian conflicts to be able to effectively promote Christianity