HIST 80a Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Borobudur, Dieng Plateau, Prambanan
7 Dec 2016
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Encompassed the austronesian aka malayo polynesian language group. Stilt houses allowed for breezes, transportation, etc. Most of the islands in southeast asia have a tropical rain forest climate. They practiced shifting agriculture aka swidden and aka slash and burn . Before the 20th century, disease was believed to be caused by miasmas, areas with bad air. Thus, they used stilt houses to stay above the bad air , or miasmas, however, it was actually disease carrying insects, that traveled below the houses, which spreaded disease. Wet rice agriculture, stilt houses, canoes, and swidden agriculture resulted in a very mobile population that traveled throughout the areas" islands. Statues and worship was common throughout the region. Salamatan is a service in islam found in indonesia. Most tectonic region of the world with many earthquakes, and volcanoes. Central java is the most densely populated part of the most densely populated island in.
