HIST 1513: World History since 1500

A History of Southeast Asia narrates the history of the region from earliest recorded times until today, covering present-day Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines, Indonesia and East Timor. Its scope is the whole of Southeast Asia and not just the mainland, which has in the past received undue emphasis possibly because of the Vietnam War. Water is the geographical cause of its unity and diversity, for even landlocked Laos has the Mekong as a means of communication. Part 1 Early Southeast Asia (the earliest civilizations) Part 2 Medieval Southeast (the colonial period) Part 3 Modern Southeast (the present-day era, following the Pacific dimension of the Second World)"