Kingdoms Of Southeast Asia
By: Courtney Linn, Lizzie Apgar, Mark Dunsing, & Max Sterner
Geography of Southeast Asia
-Southeast Asia lies between the Indian and the Pacific Oceans and stretches from Asia almost to Australia.
-The two main parts it consists of are Indochina, which is the mainland peninsula that borders China to the north and India to the west, and the islands which include Sumatra, Borneo, and Java.
-Due to the valleys rise hills and mountains , travel and communication were difficult. Causing over time, many people of different cultures to settle in the region.
-The key to Southeast Asia's political power, was control of trade routes and harbors, because Southeast Asia lies on the most direct sea route between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea, they also used the Strait of Malacca, and the Sunda Strait.
Influence of India and China
- By the first century A.D., Indian merchant ships, with the help of the monsoon winds, began arriving in Southeast Asia. And later, even Hindu and Buddhist religions made their way over to the region.
- Chinese ideas and culture spread southward to Southeast Asia through migration and trade. the Chinese exerted political influence through direct rule or by demanding tribute from local rulers.
-Southeast Asia lies between the Indian and the Pacific Oceans and stretches from Asia almost to Australia.
-The two main parts it consists of are Indochina, which is the mainland peninsula that borders China to the north and India to the west, and the islands which include Sumatra, Borneo, and Java.
-Due to the valleys rise hills and mountains , travel and communication were difficult. Causing over time, many people of different cultures to settle in the region.
-The key to Southeast Asia's political power, was control of trade routes and harbors, because Southeast Asia lies on the most direct sea route between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea, they also used the Strait of Malacca, and the Sunda Strait.
Influence of India and China
- By the first century A.D., Indian merchant ships, with the help of the monsoon winds, began arriving in Southeast Asia. And later, even Hindu and Buddhist religions made their way over to the region.
- Chinese ideas and culture spread southward to Southeast Asia through migration and trade. the Chinese exerted political influence through direct rule or by demanding tribute from local rulers.