Was pre colonial and pre Islamic Southeast Asia the best?
It was basically a wealthier and cooler version of India
They even built more epic Hindu temples than India itself
(Angkor Wat (Wat Vishnuloka)) and (Prambanan(Shivagrha)).
The cultural heir to the Khmer (Siam) even fended off European colonists and modernised.
Underrated region thbqh
They were always going to be under East Asia's shadow.
>>1969989
Just because their culture has more representation in the West doesn't mean they were literally overshadowed. Apart from parts of Vietnam, East Asians never gained a foothold in SEA.
Indonesia has been the GOAT of the Muslim world since the Middle Ages. They even traded with aborigine kaffirs.
>>1970000
Viets are not Southeast Asian.
I'm Southeast Asian and hate the guts out of Viets.
The slowly expanded down south slowly displacing indigenous Southeast Asians and bringing dirty Chinese culture
Rip the Chams and lower Khmers
>Yellow
Vietnam
>Green
Champagne
>Blue
Khmer Empire
>>1970000
Checked.
Indonesia confirmed for GOAT islamic state
>>1970060
*Champa
>>1969980
Any good books on this subject?
asians are subhuman
Islam sucks, dirty Muslims