History of Southeast Asia: A Captivating Guide to the History of a Vast Region Containing Countries Such as Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Burma, and More

by Captivating History

What do you know about Southeast Asia? Would you like to know more? Southeast Asia has a long and complicated history. The many threads of its history are often found tangled with many other times, places, and political personalities. It can be a little difficult untangling the strands of these powerful Southeast Asian civilizations, but this book has really run the gamut as it pertains to finding the individual wellsprings from which all of these nations, kingdoms, and empires have sprung. Here you will learn the origins of majestic realms such as Indonesia, Burma, and the Philippines. Not only will you learn about their origin, but you will also discover how they evolved over the years and their current status today. This book covers ancient Southeast Asia, the mid-period, colonialism, World War Two occupation by the Japanese, the aftermath of the war, and the subsequent revolutions. The history of this region is a riveting story full of all manner of plot twists and developments. If you would like to learn more about Southeast Asia or are just up for an entertaining read, you've come to the right place! In this book, you will Don't miss this opportunity to learn about the history of Southeast Asia. Scroll up and click the "add to cart" button today!

Genres: History, Nonfiction

104 pages, Paperback

Published March 2, 2021

Reviews

[Zain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished!

A lot of countries are covered in this book... and a lot of history. The many countries in Southeast Asia have been through a lot of turmoil, but today most of the turbulence appears to be over.

Practically every country in that location was in war with one another and these wars have helped form and give birth to a country.

The travels and settlements of the various tribes and ethnic groups are sometimes very confusing, and final results took thousands of years.

Southeast Asians have a lot of interesting and important creations that have contributed to mankind. Not only in the past, but also, today.

Despite the many different religions and languages that the people have in their location, wars were not fought over these issues. Many wars in the past were simply fought over for territory.

Regardless of this beautiful culture and civilization of the Southeast Asians, they were colonized by the Europeans and treated with insignificance.

Fortunately, they left behind multiple sources of evidence, in religious temples and cities, that they were once a formidable and influential force in the world.

[Vintagebooklvr · Rating 4 out of 5]

A concise history about a region and countries that often become confused in my mind, particularly because I don't know that much about the history in this area. It is something I will need to consult a number of times to keep it straight. Not the fault of the writer but because this is an area that contains a number of countries and it has a long history.

[Jerry Jares · Rating 5 out of 5]

Archaeologists have found proof of human inhabitation back as far as 40,000 years ago (after the last Ice Age) in Borneo and Java.  Because there was less water, the humanoid-homo sapiens could walk from one island to another.  After explaining some of the surprising early histories of the area, the book moves into a survey of the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Burma, the Philippines, Myanmar, Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam.  Then the book shows how they are interconnected. At the end, the author gives an update of their 20th-century history.

This is a well-written explanation of the history of Southeast Asia.  Captivating History has previously released individual histories on some of the 9 countries mentioned in this book.  Hopefully, they will offer the others in the future. It is amazing how much history can be squeezed into ~ 100 pages, but the author gives a great survey of the highlights of each of the 9 counties.  The narrator of this book, Jason Zenobia, has a clear, crisp, authoritative voice and I enjoy listening to his reading. 

[Ieva Pūķe · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the book while travelling in Asia. Wanted to learn about cultures, countries and their stories. Immersive experience coupled with some theoretical bacground is the best way to learn for me, especially history, which normally bores me.
This book gave me a compact overview of historical events in a simple and easy to read manner. It certainly enriched my understanding of differences among Asian cultures. Perhaps the oversimplified writing manner with repetitive phrases and limited scope of topics covered prevented me to enjoy the book to the very end. I find the book to be more informative than enjoyable.

[Janalyn, the blind reviewer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another awesome read

This book covers a few different countries such as Burma Vietnam Laos Cambodia and all were interesting. I especially love the beginning chapters of each country I love to know how each country began. I have yet to run across a captivating history book that I wouldn’t recommend so just say I highly recommend this is an understatement. This is a great book with interesting facts that reads like a story. I wait anxiously for the next book but as for this one if you haven’t read it you should.

[William Rowe · Rating 2 out of 5]

Broad summery with errors

This is an easy place to find people, places, and topics to research. World War 2, my strongest area, is simplified to being wrong as well as being wrong; the U S Marines did NOT land in Burma or close. The over view is a starting place.

[Stefan Dion Garcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good introductory history of a diverse era. You won’t be getting any innovative takes here; the perspective is very much a wars and royals view but it fills in a lot of gaps for those who are not entirely aware of a part of the world whose history is underrepresented.

[Teale Joyce · Rating 4 out of 5]

A decent primer for the history of the region. Well researched and accessible read. Detailed enough, though lacking a bit of depth due to the broad scope of the book.

[Cian Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did what it said on the tin

[Vicki DeLuzio · Rating 1 out of 5]

I would not call it captivating. very dry and very boring. was hoping it would be a good supplement for my son's curriculum but very hard to follow.

[Marcelo de la Cruz · Rating 5 out of 5]

History of Southeast Asia

There was an attempt to present individual history of the different Southeast Asian countries. But it was not scholarly enough in its analysis for its entirety. It is pretty obvious that this book presents Catholicism in a bad light. Research on the Philippines have to be more in-depth devoid of personal opinions. Lastly, there were instances of wrong grammar usage. Editing needed!