Pre-colonial commercial networks in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is a region that currently constitutes an economic, political and cultural center of great importance in the world. To become one, it has gone through a series of different complex historical processes of long standing, one of which are the interregional commercial networks developed...

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Autores:
Uribe Jaramillo, María Teresa
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Fecha de publicación:
2014
Institución:
Universidad EAFIT
Repositorio:
Repositorio EAFIT
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/14853
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10784/14853
Palabra clave:
Sureste Asiático
Redes Comerciales
Diásporas Marítimas
China
India
Medio Oriente
Southeast Asia
Commercial Networks
Maritime Diasporas
China
India
Middle East
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Copyright (c) 2014 María Teresa Uribe Jaramillo
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Summary:Southeast Asia is a region that currently constitutes an economic, political and cultural center of great importance in the world. To become one, it has gone through a series of different complex historical processes of long standing, one of which are the interregional commercial networks developed during the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, before the arrival of representatives of European imperial powers and subsequent colonization. Its geopolitically strategic position, as part of the main trade network between China, Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East, caused this region to experience religious, cultural, political and commercial interaction, thanks to the maritime diasporas. Throughout history, Southeast Asia has become a dynamic space, characterized by a movement of people and objects; whose dynamism dates from a period prior to contact with Europeans. In that sense, the analysis of the exchange networks prior to such contact becomes pertinent, which in turn will allow us to understand the current regional context and identify the characteristics that forged its history and left its mark on the visible commercial relations even in the contemporary world.