Vol 4 Ep 78 - Srivijaya

History of the World podcast

Chris Hasler

History

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🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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671 - 1200 - There were times when the land based Silk Road was not an easy path and the sea route was favoured. In order to get to China, one would have to navigate through the islands of South East Asia, which offered the opportunity for someone there to obtain some fortunate wealth. Let me introduce you to Srivijaya.

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0:00.0	Today's episode takes us to the island of Sumatra and its surrounding region.
0:06.0	The island of Sumatra is part of the modern country of Indonesia and has historically watched over one of the most important
0:15.9	shipping lanes in global history due to its geographical location at the gateway of
0:22.1	the Sinosphere and the Far East.
0:25.0	When the cultures of India began to influence the region from around 2,000 years ago,
0:32.0	this sowed the seeds for a political power to emerge that would control
0:36.8	the shipping lanes and gain wealth because of them.
0:41.3	However, whoever would gain supreme control of this region would surely be
0:47.2	challenged if not by opponents in the region then by the powerful nations at the end of these trade routes in India and China.
0:57.7	This is the story of the earliest known substantial power to emerge in this region over 1300 years ago and one that we call
1:07.8	Swivejaia. The History of the World Podcast, written and presented by Chris Hasler. Volume 4, The Medieval World
1:35.0	Episode 78, Swivey Jaya Oh, This episode takes us to Southeast Asia, but this time it focuses on the far south
2:08.1	of the Southeast Asian Peninsula and the islands of the Malay Archipelago to the south of the Southeast Asian
2:16.5	Peninsula. The Southeast Asian Peninsula narrows considerably at its most southern point, which is the Malay Peninsula.
2:28.0	At the tip of the Malay Peninsula is the island country of Singapore which sits on the
2:34.8	Singapore Strait the easternmost Strait of water that represents the gateway
2:40.0	to the Strait of Malacca, a very important historical shipping lane which connects China to the Western world.
2:50.0	On the southern side of the Strait is the island of Sumatra.
2:56.0	Sumatra is a large island, the sixth largest in the world after Greenland, New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar and Canada's Baffin Island.
3:10.3	At Sumatra's southern tip is another strait of water which separates it from the island of Java.
3:19.0	This is the Sunda Strait which has also served its purpose as an important shipping
3:24.8	lane especially during the early period of Dutch occupation in the 17th and 18th
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