Overview of Southeast Asia: European colonial era

Southeast Asian history is very diverse and often tumultuous, and has to an important extent been shaped by European colonialism. The very term Southeast Asia was invented by American Naval strategists around 1940. Read More »

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Overview of Southeast Asia: European colonial era is based on Southeast Asia by Jim Nicholson, Ryan Holliday, Sascha Bading, Vian, Globe-trotter, Burmesedays, Muzzamo, Cardboardbird, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.