Religion and Belief Systems
The two major religions that spread to Southeast Asia from India.
What are Hinduism and Buddhism
This Muslim empire ruled much of northern India from the 13th to 16th centuries.
What is the Delhi Sultanate
The ocean-based trade network that connected East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean trade network
This caste-based social hierarchy was most prominent in Hindu societies of South Asia.
What is the caste system
What is Islamic architecture
This religion spread to South Asia largely through Sufi missionaries and trade networks.
What is Islam
This type of empire focused on controlling trade routes and ports rather than large land territories.
What is a Maritime Empire
Seasonal wind patterns that made long-distance ocean trade possible.
What are Monsoon winds.
This political strategy helped states gain wealth without conquering large territories.
What is Controlling trade routes
Indian cultural ideas spread to Southeast Asia mainly through this process.
What is Cultural diffusion
This form of Buddhism became prominent in mainland Southeast Asia.
What is Theravada Buddhism
This mainland Southeast Asian empire constructed Angkor Wat as a symbol of political and religious power.
What is the Khmer Empire
A major Southeast Asian trading chokepoint essential to Indian Ocean commerce.
What is the strait of Malacca
A system in which rulers claimed divine authority, common in South and Southeast Asia.
What is Divine kingship
A massive Hindu temple complex built by the Khmer Empire.
What is Angkor Wat
The religious practice took practices from 2 different religions and combined them.
What is Syncretism
This southeast Asian empire grew wealthy by controlling maritime trade routes through the Strait of Malacca.
What is Srivijaya
Luxury goods from South and Southeast Asia traded across the Indian Ocean.
What are Spices, Textiles, and Gemstones.
Southeast Asian rulers often used this strategy to legitimize their rule.
What is Adopting Hindu or Buddhist traditions
These structures symbolized religious devotion and political power.
What are Temples and Monuments
This group of Islamic missionaries helped spread Islam peacefully across South and Southeast Asia.
What are Sufis
This empire succeeded Srivijaya and dominated Southeast Asian trade in the 13th-15th centuries.
What is the Majapahit Empire
This South Indian empire, thriving from the 14th-15th centuries, controlled trade along the Coromandel Coast, built fortified cities, and promoted Hindu culture while participating actively in the Indian Ocean trading network.
What is the Vijayangara Empire
What are Military elites.
This devotional movement emphasized personal devotion to a diety over ritual or caste, produced poetry and songs in local languages, and helped challenge social hierarchies in South Asia between 1200-1450.
What is the Bhakt movement.