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    The document summarizes two major empires that existed in Southeast Asia before World War 1: the Srivijaya Empire and the Majapahit Empire. The Srivijaya Empire spanned from 500-1400 AD and controlled strategic maritime trade routes. It spread Buddhism and also engaged in trade with Arabs, Indians, and Chinese. The Majapahit Empire existed from 1293-1500 AD and dominated Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and parts of Thailand and Cambodia. It was a powerful naval empire with a bureaucratic government and engaged in rice and spice trade within its diplomatic network. Both empires significantly influenced the culture and identity of modern Southeast Asian countries.

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    The document summarizes two major empires that existed in Southeast Asia before World War 1: the Srivijaya Empire and the Majapahit Empire. The Srivijaya Empire spanned from 500-1400 AD and controlled strategic maritime trade routes. It spread Buddhism and also engaged in trade with Arabs, Indians, and Chinese. The Majapahit Empire existed from 1293-1500 AD and dominated Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and parts of Thailand and Cambodia. It was a powerful naval empire with a bureaucratic government and engaged in rice and spice trade within its diplomatic network. Both empires significantly influenced the culture and identity of modern Southeast Asian countries.

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    MAJOR EMPIRES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA BEFORE WORLD WAR ONE: MAJAPAHIT AND SRI VIJAYA

    SRI VIJAYA EMPIRE


    500 1400 STRAIT OF MALACCA, EXPEND INTO MAINLAND INDO-CHINA, LANGKASUKA, MALAY ANCIENT STATES. IN YEAR 1200 , INCLUDE BORNEO, MOLUCCAS, PHILIPINES KING :
    1ST KING :DAPUNTA HYANG SRI JAYANAJA 22ND KING (LAST KING) :SRIMAT TRIBHUWANARAJA MAULI WARMADEWA

    RELIGION OF THE KINGDOM : INDIC-HINDU-BUDDHISM ISLAM SRI VIJAYA ALSO RELIGIOUS CENTRE IN THE REGION, IT ADHERED TO MAHAYANA BUDDHISM AND SOON BECAME THE STOPPING POINT FOR CHINESE BUDDHIST PILGRIMS ON THEIR WAY TO INDIA. ECONOMY :
    ENTRY PORT OF ARABS, INDIAN, CHINESE IN THE WORLD OF COMMERCE , SRI VIJAYA RAPIDLY ROSE TO BE FAR FLUNG EMPIRE CONTROLLING TWO PASSAGES BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA NAMELY THE SUNDRA STRAIT FROM PALEMBANG AND MALACCA STRAITS FROM KEDAH, IT PRODUCE CAMPHOR, ALOES, SPICES, SANTAL WOOD, NUTMEG, GOLD AND TIN. AS EARLY AS 7TH CENTURY, YEAR 718, SRI INDRA VARMAN (KING OF SRI VIJAYA) SENT A LETTER TO THE CALIPH OMAR BIN ABDUL AZIZ OF THE UMMAIYAH CALIPHATE AND REQUESTED THE CALIPH TO SEND HIM A PREACHER WHO COULD EXPLAIN ISLAMIC FAITH TO HIM.

    DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSHIP :

    MAJAPAHIT EMPIRE
    1293-1500 INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, BRUNEI, SINGAPORE, SOUTH THAILAND KING : HAYAM MURUK PRIME MINISTER : GAJAH MADA GOVERNMENT : BEAUROCRATIC SYSTEM STRENGTH : NAVAL AND MILITARY, AND ALSO DIPLOMACY ECONOMY : RICE AND SPICES TAX : WORKING TAX SYSTEM WITH AN ESTABLISHED CURRENCY DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSHIP : CHAMPA, CAMBODIA, SIAM, BURMA, VIETNAM AND CHINA. MAJAPAHIT IS THE LAST MAJOR EMPIRE OF THE REGION AND CONSIDER TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST AND THE MOST POWERFUL EMPIRE IN THE HISTORY OF SOUTH EAST ASIA. IT INFLUENCE EXTENDED BEYOND THE MODERN TERRITORY OF INDONESIA

    DECLINE OF MAJAPAHIT
    BECAUSE OF SUCCESSION DISPUTE. THE RISE OF SULTANATE OF MALACCA. WAR WITH ISLAMIC STATE OF DAMAK.

    EFFECTS OF THE EMPIRES


    SRI VIJAYA HAS BECOME THE FOCUS OF NATIONAL PRIDE AND REGIONAL IDENTITY ESPECIALY FOR THE PEOPLE OF PALEMBANG SOUTH SUMATERA PROVINCE AND THE MALAY PEOPLE AS A WHOLE. THE SAME SITUATION ALSO HAPPEN IN THE SOUTHERN THAILAND WHERE SEVICHAI, THAI SRIVIJAYA DANCE WAS RECREATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARTS AND CULTURES OF SRIVIJAYA. TODAY THE SRIVIJAYA LEGACY IS ALSO CELEBRATED AND IDENTIFIED WITH MALAY MINORITY OF SOUTHERN THAILAND. THE CULTURE AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF BOTH IMPIRES ALSO INFLUENCES OVER SUMATERA, JAVA AND MALAY PENINSULAR. BOTH EMPIRES ALSO INFLUENCED THE IDENTITY OF MODERN INDONESIA. IT HAS ALSO BECOME A PRIDE OF INDONESIANS.

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