The first Southeast Asians led the world in many fields. They explored the Indian and Pacific Oceans, were the first to raise rice, chickens and various root crops, and worked with bronze before anyone else. However, for the last two thousand years they have been content to exist as minor nations, instead of building a great empire of their own. If you were a Southeast Asian ruler, would you have done better?
This scenario lasts for 301 turns, stopping at 1500 A.D., on the eve of the first European expeditions, because this is meant to simulate how the Southeast Asian states interacted before foreign influence became overwhelming. Advanced technology is possible, but not likely; don't expect to see the Khmers go to Alpha Centauri!
This scenario lasts for 301 turns, stopping at 1500 A.D., on the eve of the first European expeditions, because this is meant to simulate how the Southeast Asian states interacted before foreign influence became overwhelming. Advanced technology is possible, but not likely; don't expect to see the Khmers go to Alpha Centauri!