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| c. 60,000 years ago |
| | The first human inhabitants of Australia make the crossing from southeast Asia | |
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| c. 2000 BC |
| | The water buffalo, domesticated somewhere in southeast Asia, features on the seals of the Indus civilization | |
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| c. 2000 BC |
| | The red jungle fowl is domesticated as poultry in southeast Asia | |
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| 207 BC |
| | A delegate from imperial China establishes the kingdom of Nam-Viet with himself as king | |
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| c. 100 |
| | Theravada Buddhism, strong in south India and Sri Lanka, travels with traders through southeast Asia | |
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| c. 1150 |
| | The city of Angkor and the great temple of Angkor Wat are created by the Khmer dynasty in Cambodia | |
| | Angkor Wat Photograph Josceline Dimbleby
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| 1445 |
| | A Muslim ruler is established in Malacca, forming the first of many Muslim dynasties in the Malay archipelago | |
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| 1511 |
| | The Portuguese take control of Malacca, in the Malay peninsula, as a base for trade further east | |
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| 1512 |
| | The Portuguese make treaties in the Moluccas (or Spice Islands), to trade in cloves and nutmeg | |
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| 1521 |
| | Ferdinand Magellan is killed in the Philippines, in a skirmish with natives | |
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