The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of South East Asia Book

Contemporary Southeast Asia

• Main Physical Features

• Prehistory

• Early Migrations

• Emergence of Rice, Trade

• First Kingdoms: Chinese Conquest of Vietnam ca 200 BC – 500 AD

• 500 – 800: Emergence of Larger States

• 800 – 1200: Consolidation of Larger States

• Scripts and Ethnic Groups

• 1200: Pagan, Angkor, Cham, Dai Viet, Singosari and Srivijaya; Monument Building

• 13th Century: Mongol Invasions

• Spread of Theravada Buddhism, Islam, Confucianism, and Christianity

• 14th Century: Rise of Melaka, the Thai, Vietnam, Majapahit

• 15th Century: The Age of Commerce in Southeast Asia

• 1511 – 1598: Spanish and Portuguese, Mainland States; Division of Vietnam

• 1598 – 1680: Mataram, Dutch East Indies Company; French Missionaries; Consolidation of Islam and Theravada Buddhism

• 1681 – 1740

• 1740 – 1779

• 1780 – 1804: Political Reorganization; Destruction of Ayutthaya, Napoleonic Wars; British Return; Reunification of Vietnam

• 1805 – 1824: Political Reorganization

• 1824 – 1870: Colonial Conquests

• 1871 – 1898: Colonial Conquests; Revolts of 1880s

• 1898 – 1915: Colonial Conquests

• Plantation Economies

• Developmental Colonialism: Railways, Steamers

• Colonial Policies

• Colonial Administrative Structures

• 1926 – 1928: Nationalist Revolts

• 1928 – 1939: Repression and Progress

• 1940 – 1941: Preparation for War

• 1941 – 1942: Japanese Invasion

• 1942 – 1944: Japanese Rule

• 1944 – 1945: Japan’s Retreat and the End of the War

• 1945 – 1946: Nationalist Revolutions

• 1946 – 1950: Paths to Independence

• 1950 – 1958: Regional Revolts and Parliamentary Experiments

• Provincial Governments

• Chinese in the Region and Chinese Claims

• 1950 – 2000: Border Disputes

• 1958 – 1974: Military Developmental Regimes and their Challengers

• 1974 – 1976: Regime Changes

• 1977 – 2000: Regime Consolidation and Crisis

• 1900 – 1990: Urbanization and the Growth of Cities

• Development of ASEAN

• Drug Trade in Southeast Asia

• Comparative GDP