HIST 1707 : Lecture No. 3 Asia at 1400.docx
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Asia was the world"s power house; china had a huge population, advanced in science and technology, organized state, and a powerful economy. The first one is located in the arabian sea, then the. Bay of bengal, and the south china sea. The arabian sea was inhabited mostly by muslims. The bay of bengal is dominated by hindus with a. South china sea was dominated by china, and a space of buddhist and. People could be stuck in place for one year if people missed the right time to use the monsoons for leaving. There was an exchange of ideas in the ports. Ibn majid wrote a navigation manual that described when the ocean is closed. Talked about times when it was suicidal to cross the indian ocean. The indian subcontinent was made up of regional states. Delhi sultanate used cavalry; they introduced islam to northern india. They brought ideas on how to govern the states.
