sentences:  The two by now global empires, which had set out from opposing directions, had finally met on the other side of the world.The conflicts that arose between both powers were finally solved with the Treaty of Zaragoza in 1529, which defined the areas of Spanish and Portuguese influence in Asia, establishing the anti meridian, or line of demarcation on the other side of the world.During the 16th century the Portuguese continued to press both eastwards and westwards into the Oceans.