Part 40 Article: Timeline My Blog Title: The untold the retold Click on PDF to download from Part 1 COLUMN P 907 AD to 960 AD 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms Duration: 53 years Medieval interaction and trade relations From [AI overview] & myself amendments: Medieval interaction between the Tang Dynasty, Khmer Empire, Tondo Kingdom, Srivijaya Empire, Pandyan Dynasty, and Chola Empire was driven by the Maritime Silk Road. This period roughly 7th–13th century saw unprecedented cultural exchange, with maritime, merchant-driven interaction leading to the spread of art, religion, and commercial law across the Bay of Bengal. Pandyan Dynasty (India): Alongside the Chola, the Pandyans contributed to the Tamil dominance of Indian Ocean commerce, facilitating the movement of textiles, precious metals, and ideas to Southeast Asia. Tondo Kingdom (Philippines): As a trading center, Tondo engaged in trade within the Southeast Asian network, interacting with traders passing through the South C...
Part 10 Article: Timeline My Blog Title: The untold the retold Click on PDF to download from Part 1 From [Wikipedia]: “Journey to the West” is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. It is regarded as one of the great Chinese novels, and has been described as arguably the most popular literary work in East Asia. It was widely known in English-speaking countries through the British scholar Arthur Waley's 1942 abridged translation Monkey. “Journey to the West” has strong roots in Chinese folk religion, Chinese mythology, Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoist and Buddhist folklore, and the pantheon of Taoist immortals and Buddhist bodhisattvas are still reflective of certain Chinese religious attitudes today. Pantheon in religion is a set of gods belonging to a particular religion. The novel is a fictionalized and fantastic account of the pilgrimage of the Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang, who went on a 19 year journey to...