Publisher's Synopsis
Southeast asia has a long and complicated history. The many threads of its history are often found tangled with many other times, places, and political personalities. It can be a little difficult untangling the strands of these powerful southeast asian civilizations, but this book has really run the gamut as it pertains to finding the individual wellsprings from which all of these nations, kingdoms, and empires have sprung. Here you will learn the origins of majestic realms such as indonesia, burma, and the Philippines.
Inside you will read about...
- Dawn of civilization
- Vedic period
- Mauryan empire and gupta empire
- Medieval india
- Age of exploration and colonialism
- Independence and the modern age
- And much more!
Although most of its conquests were achieved through the application of military power, this was also a relatively liberal, pluralist empire which successfully assimilated people from varied cultural and religious background into a total population of over one hundred and fifty million. Perhaps that is surprising given that this empire originated with an invasion by nomadic mongols from the north; the very first mughal emperor was a direct descendent of both genghis khan and tamerlane.
