HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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Muslim lands
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Southeast Asia
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Africa
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Portugal was the first European power to establish a bridgehead in maritime Southeast Asia with the conquest of the Sultanate of Malacca in 1511.
Detailed explanation-2: -The earliest Homo sapiens presence in Mainland Southeast Asia can be traced back to 70, 000 years ago and to at least 50, 000 years ago in Maritime Southeast Asia. Since 25, 000 years ago, East Asian-related (Basal East Asian) groups expanded southwards into Maritime Southeast Asia from Mainland Southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Buddhism came to Southeast Asia from India in 3rd century BCE when Buddhist monks were sent by king Ashok. In medieval times, from sixth to fourteenth century, there existed a great maritime empire based in the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.
Detailed explanation-4: -Between 1945 and 1957, all of Southeast Asia gains its independence. With independence, several Southeast Asian countries turn to democracy or constitutional monarchy. However, struggles between communist and anticommunist factions plague the region for much of the 1960s and ‘70s.