A History of Early Southeast Asia: Maritime Trade and Societal Development, 100–1500
This comprehensive history provides a fresh interpretation of Southeast Asia from 100 to 1500, when major social and economic developments foundational to modern societies took place on the mainland (Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam) and the island world (Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines). Kenneth R. Hall explores this dynamic era in detail, which was notable for growing external contacts, internal adaptations of nearby cultures, and progressions from hunter-gatherer and agricultural communities to inclusive hierarchical states. In the process, formerly local civilizations became major participants in period's international trade networks.
Incorporating the latest archeological evidence and international scholarship, Kenneth Hall enlarges upon prior histories of early Southeast Asia that did not venture beyond 1400, extending the study of the region to the Portuguese seizure of Melaka in 1511. Written for a wide audience of non-specialists, the book will be essential reading for all those interested in Asian and world history. |
Contents
chapter 1
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1 |
chapter 2
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37 |
chapter 3
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67 |
chapter 4
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103 |
chapter 5
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135 |
chapter 6
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159 |
chapter 7
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211 |
chapter 8
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253 |
chapter 9
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287 |
chapter 10
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325 |
abbreviations
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343 |
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372 | |
aboutheauthor
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384 |
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A History of Early Southeast Asia: Maritime Trade and Societal Development ... Kenneth R. Hall No preview available - 2010 |
A History of Early Southeast Asia: Maritime Trade and Societal Development ... Kenneth R. Hall No preview available - 2011 |
Common terms and phrases
administrative agricultural Angkor archeological archipelago Asia Asia’s authority benefits Brantas Brantas River Buddhist Burma Burmese central Java Cham Champa chapter China Chinese chronicle coast coastal Coedes commercial court cult cultural Dai Viet dominated dynasty early Southeast east Java eastern economic eleventh century elite exchange fields fifteenth century fifth first flow foreign Funan hinterland important Indian initial inscriptions international trade Islam island Isthmus of Kra Java’s Javanese Jayavarman Jayavarman II king king’s land Linyi Majapahit Malay Peninsula maritime trade Mekong Melaka merchants Ming monarchs Nagarakertagama officials Pagan Palembang Pasai political populations port-polities ports raid rakrayan reflected region reign religious rice ritual River riverine route royal rulers Sailendra Samudra-Pasai ships significant Singhasari Southeast Asian southern specific spices Srivijaya state’s Straits of Melaka subordinate Sumatra Suryavarman symbolic temple Thai tion traditional upstream Viet Vietnam Vietnamese western wet-rice Wisseman Christie Wolters