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Autumn Transition
Brantas River
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Central Asian Nomads
Central Java
Chinese Government
coast
early Southeast Asian maritime networks
East Java
Eastern Java
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Fine Spices
Hindu Temple Complex
Holy Men
Holy Mountain
Indian Ocean trade
Islamization process
island
Island Realm
java's
Java's North Coast
Java’s North Coast
Lateen Sail
malay
Malay Sailors
Malayo Polynesian Peoples
Maritime Migration
Maritime Realm
Maritime Silk Routes
monsoon sailing technology
Musi River
north
Overland Silk Roads
precolonial navigation
Rain Forest Soil
Rapa Nui
realm
region
royal
sailors
Southeast Asian Waters
Srivijaya polity
straits
Straits Region
Product details
- ISBN 9781563241444
- Weight: 210g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Nov 1995
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A history of the fabled islands of Southeast Asia from 300 BC, by which time their inhabitants had learned to sail the monsoon winds, to AD 1528, when Islam became dominant in the region.
Lynda Norene Shaffer, Professor of History at Tufts University, teaches and writes about Chinese, Native American, and world history. After completing her undergraduate work at the University of Texas, Austin, she received a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. A founding member of the World History Association, she has served three terms on its National Council. Her publications include Mao and the Workers: The Hunan Labor Movement, 1920–23; Native Americans Before 1492: The Moundbuilding Centers of the Eastern Woodlands; and “Southernization,” Journal of World History 5,1: 1–21.
