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What Happened When a Maritime Network Faced a Naval Invasion? - Srivijaya's Network of Ports and Alliances | Sleepy Facts About History
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For more than a thousand years, the monsoon winds forced nearly every merchant sailing between India and China to wait in the narrow strait between Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula. This episode examines how a polity known as Srivijaya turned that geographic bottleneck into a maritime empire that lasted from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries. Rather than relying on vast farmlands or monumental stone capitals, Srivijaya built its influence by controlling river mouths, providing safe…
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