ASIA 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Homo Erectus, Austroasiatic Languages, Feudalism
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Asia 100 - introduction to traditional asia - lecture 4: early south east asia. See the meaning, rather than hearing it. Writing guide: skim for main points, mark and revisit as needed. 3 books by tomorrow: skim for main ideas. We don"t have solid evidence that it was a centralized system. Feudalism is viewed favorably today because it sets up unequal social relations and fails to provide adequate social mobility. Language families: austronesian, austro-asiatic, tibeto-burmese, tai and chinese. Peoples: malays, vietnamese, tai, khmer, burmese, and many others. Religious division today: maritime se asia tends to be muslim, mainland se asia is. Homo florensiensis hobbits until 13,000 years ago. Homo sapiens was in competition with other hominids, even in fairly recent times! Hominids occupied ecological niches and competed for resources. Homo sapiens replaced or assimilated other hominids. Groups gradually mastered ecological niches, forming distinct cultures. Geography places a crucial role in forming cultures.
