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Southeast Asia - Name and definition

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia - Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. Southeast Asia - Name and definition. Brunei Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam The name for the region was first coined in the 20th century. It was previously known as Further India (as opposed to the Indian subcontinent). The subreg ...

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - Population

Southeast Asia has an area of approx. 4,000,000 km² (1.6 million sq miles). As of 2004, more than 593 million people lived in the region, far over a sixth of them (+114 million) on the Indonesian island of Java, the most densely populated island in the world. The distribution of the religions and people is diverse in Southeast Asia and varies by country. And about 30 million Overseas Chinese are living here, most prominently Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. see Chinatowns Southeast ...

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Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - IATA definition, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - Population

Southeast Asia has an area of approx. 4,000,000 km² (1.6 million sq miles). As of 2004, more than 593 million people lived in the region, far over a sixth of them (+114 million) on the Indonesian island of Java, the most densely populated island in the world. The distribution of the religions and people is diverse in Southeast Asia and varies by country. And about 30 million Overseas Chinese are living here, most prominently Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. see Chinatowns Southeast ...

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Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - Environment

The animals of Southeast Asia are diverse; on the island of Borneo, the Orangutan (man of the forest), the Asian Elephant, the Sumatran Rhinoceros and the Clouded Leopard can be also found. The bearcat can be found on the island of Palawan. The Water Buffalo, both domesticated and wild, can be found all over Southeast Asia, where once it was found in much greater extent in South Asia, for example. The mouse deer, a small tusked deer as large as a dog or cat, can be found on Sumatra and Borneo; the animal figures in many Indon ...

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Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - IATA definition, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - Economy

The Southeast Asian islands are a major source of world petroleum supplies; the region is also a center for logging. Southeast Asia has experienced great economic growth since the 1980s; Singapore was one of the four original "East Asian Tigers" and in recent years Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand have often been considered a new brood of "tigers." Tiger refers to the rapid growth of these economies. Much of this growth has been driven by foreign direct investment in local industries; the money came from the United St ...

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Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - IATA definition, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - History

Solheim and others have shown evidence for a Nusantao (Nusantara) maritime trading network ranging from Vietnam to the rest of the archipelago as early as 5000 BCE to 1 CE) Solheim2000 Oppenheimer and others have shown evidence for Indonesia as the original location for the Pacific Islanders.Oppenheimer2001 ...

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Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - IATA definition, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

Main article Literature of Southeast Asia The history of Southeast Asia has led to a wealth of different authors from both within and without writing about the region. ...

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Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - IATA definition, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world

The Indian Ocean is comparatively more tranquil than the Southern Ocean, which aided the colonization of Madagascar by the Malay people, and the commerce between West Asia and Southeast Asia. The Indian Ocean is far calmer and thus open to trade earlier than the Atlantic or Pacific. The powerful monsoons also meant ships could easily sail them west early in the season, then wait a few months and return eastwards. The gold from Sumatra reached as far west as Rome, two thousand years ago. Gold coins were in use on the c ...

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Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - IATA definition, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - Culture

Rice paddy agriculture has existed in Southeast Asia for thousands of years, ranging across the subregion. Some dramatic examples of these rice paddies populate the Banaue Rice Terraces in the mountains of Northern Luzon in the Philippines, and in Indonesia. Maintenance of these paddies is very labor-intensive. The rice paddies are well-suited to the monsoon climate of the region. Stilt houses can be found all over Southeast Asia, from Thailand and Laos, to Borneo, to Luzon in the Philippines, to Papua New Guinea. Buddhist Chinese Hindu Indonesian IslamicSee also:

Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - IATA definition, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

Main article Literature of Southeast Asia The history of Southeast Asia has led to a wealth of different authors from both within and without writing about the region. ...

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Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - Environment

The animals of Southeast Asia are diverse; on the island of Borneo, the Orangutan (man of the forest), the Asian Elephant, the Sumatran Rhinoceros and the Clouded Leopard can be also found. The bearcat can be found on the island of Palawan. The Water Buffalo, both domesticated and wild, can be found all over Southeast Asia, where once it was found in much greater extent in South Asia, for example. The mouse deer, a small tusked deer as large as a dog or cat, can be found on Sumatra and Borneo; the animal figures in many Indon ...

See also:

Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion

Southeast Asia lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic and volcanic activity. Island arcs and archipelagoes lie southeast and also east of the Asian mainland. Southeast Asia is geographically divided into two regions, namely Indochina and the Malay Archipelago. Indochina or sometimes mainland Southeast Asia includes all of : Myanmar (formerly Burma) Thailand (formerly Siam)See also:

Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - Economy

The Southeast Asian islands are a major source of world petroleum supplies; the region is also a center for logging. Southeast Asia has experienced great economic growth since the 1980s; Singapore was one of the four original "East Asian Tigers" and in recent years Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand have often been considered a new brood of "tigers." Tiger refers to the rapid growth of these economies. Much of this growth has been driven by foreign direct investment in local industries; the money came from the U.S. and ...

See also:

Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - Culture

Rice paddy agriculture has existed in Southeast Asia for thousands of years, ranging across the subregion. Some dramatic examples of these rice paddies populate the Banaue Rice Terraces in the mountains of Northern Luzon in the Philippines, and in Indonesia. Maintenance of these paddies is very labor-intensive. The rice paddies are well-suited to the monsoon climate of the region. Stilt houses can be found all over Southeast Asia, from Thailand and Laos, to Borneo, to Luzon in the Philippines, to Papua New Guinea. Buddhist Chinese Hindu Indonesian IslamicSee also:

Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world

The Indian Ocean is comparatively more tranquil than the Southern Ocean, which aided the colonization of Madagascar by the Malay people, and the commerce between West Asia and Southeast Asia. The Indian Ocean is far calmer and thus open to trade earlier than the Atlantic or Pacific. The powerful monsoons also meant ships could easily sail them west early in the season, then wait a few months and return eastwards. The gold from Sumatra reached as far west as Rome, two thousand years ago. Gold coins were in use on the c ...

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Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - History

Solheim and others have shown evidence for a Nusantao (Nusantara) maritime trading network ranging from Vietnam to the rest of the archipelago as early as 5000 BCE to 1 CE) Solheim2000 Oppenheimer and others have shown evidence for Indonesia as the original location for the Pacific Islanders.Oppenheimer2001 ...

See also:

Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

Read more here: » Southeast Asia: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - History

Southeast Asia - Name and definition: Encyclopedia II - Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion

Southeast Asia lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic and volcanic activity. Island arcs and archipelagoes lie southeast and also east of the Asian mainland. Southeast Asia is geographically divided into two regions, namely Indochina and the Malay Archipelago. Indochina or sometimes mainland Southeast Asia includes all of : Myanmar (formerly Burma) Thailand (formerly Siam)See also:

Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia - Name and definition, Southeast Asia - Topography of the subregion, Southeast Asia - IATA definition, Southeast Asia - Population, Southeast Asia - Ethnic groups in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Religions in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Languages in the subregion, Southeast Asia - Environment, Southeast Asia - Economy, Southeast Asia - Culture, Southeast Asia - Peranakans, Southeast Asia - History, Southeast Asia - Historical ties with the rest of the world, Southeast Asia - Relationship to Australasia, Southeast Asia - Literature of Southeast Asia

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