Anjar Priandoyo’s Reviews > Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680: Volume One: The Lands Below the Winds > Status Update

Its interesting that in 16th c and 19th c the reading capability decline, it indicated that older generation have better reading capability.

OMG, most of southeast asia can read and write

Theatre state is so true, from sabung ayam to dancing to shadow puppet

Women become merchant in traditional market at rat 30-50%, in contrast with middle east with only 1-5%

pre modern southeast asia, women has higher autonomy

Early marriage is another tradition

This is super interesting, divorce is south east asia tradition. Islam accomodate this

South east asia is not expert a warfare, compare to europe

This is very comprehensive writing, I can not believe that somebody has a stamina to write in this amount.

Interesting that there is no evidence of iron mining in Java during keris making, iron is from Borneo or Sulawesi