Ayutthaya Rising: From Land or Sea?

In: Journal of Southeast Asian studies, Band 34, Heft 1, S. 41-62

Abstract

Ayutthaya rose as a maritime power with involvement down the peninsula and in the China trade. Early Ayutthaya resembled coastal polities of the archipelago more than hinterland states of the mainland. Over the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Ayutthaya changed by absorbing people, political structures, and cultural practice from the north.