21. Majapahit - Empire of the Islands

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Borobudur’s builders fitted roughly two million volcanic-stone blocks without mortar or cement, helping it endure earthquakes and shifting ground.
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Zheng He was a Muslim military slave who was captured, castrated, and made a eunuch before becoming admiral.
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A 10th-century Persian account says the Wacwack attacked an East African town with 1,000 ships for valuables and strong laborers.
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Javanese ships were so advanced that China would not build large oceangoing vessels until around the ninth century, roughly 600 years later.
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Some reports describe Jongs up to 80 meters long, carrying 1,000 soldiers and more than 1,000 tons of cargo.
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Some Ming treasure ships may have exceeded 120 meters long and 50 meters wide, among history’s largest wooden sailing ships.
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A captured Javanese chart from 1512 covered the Cape of Good Hope, Brazil, the Red Sea, Persia, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan.
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Mitochondrial DNA traces Madagascar’s maternal ancestry to roughly 30 women who arrived from what is now Indonesia.
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Kublai Khan punished the defeated general, confiscated part of his property, and ordered preparations for a 100,000-man invasion.
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On July 11, 1405, Zheng He’s first treasure voyage departed with 317 vessels and approximately 28,000 people.
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Nanjing’s Dragon River shipyard had seven huge docks, over 20,000 craftsmen, and capacity to build 100 ships simultaneously.
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Majapahit enforced obedience with naval power, deploying as many as 300 warships and 200,000 soldiers in one campaign.
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Gajah Mada vowed to conquer the entire Nusantara archipelago before allowing himself spices or rest.
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Court poet Prapanca wrote Desha Varna by recording places and names from royal journeys, not composing a conventional heroic epic.
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The palace fire destroyed much of Karangasem's manuscript collection, erasing historical knowledge that can never be recovered.
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Tantric Buddhist royal ceremonies treated sacramental meat and alcohol as offerings alongside music, dance, and heightened awareness.
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Around 850, Mataram completed Prambanan, a towering Shiva temple and Southeast Asia’s second-largest Hindu structure after Angkor Wat.
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Jayanegara was so unpopular that chronicles called him a weak villain, while tradition remembered him as the dwarf king.
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Majapahit did not face one catastrophe, but three: environmental crises, internal divisions, and rising rivals.
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Malacca’s spices, sandalwood, silk, pearls, musk, and porcelain reached Aden before traveling onward toward Egypt and Europe.
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For three decades, Gajah Mada led Majapahit's armies as the empire expanded across the seas.

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