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To: Sherman Logan

No, I meant the Majapahit empire, which is why I referred to it as “Javanese”. I was emphasizing the closest thing to a native empire in what is now Indonesia before the VOC came along. The interesting thing about Indonesia’s (aka its Javanese overlords’) expansive claims is that, depending on the era, it has extended all the way to Thailand and the Philippines and has even included Oceania, in the rhetoric of various modern leaders.


24 posted on 09/16/2013 5:29:02 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Thank you. Of course that was way back in 1300/1400 or thereabouts.

Also, the area “controlled,” if that is even an appropriate term, by Majapahit is sometimes claimed to have included Timor and parts of New Guinea.


25 posted on 09/16/2013 5:37:34 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Mark Steyn: "In the Middle East, the enemy of our enemy is also our enemy.")
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