Maritime Southeast Asia
Cultural and economic area within Southeast Asia
Maritime Southeast Asia
Maritime Southeast Asia comprises the Southeast Asian countries of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Timor-Leste. The terms Island Southeast Asia and Insular Southeast Asia are sometimes given the same meaning as Maritime Southeast Asia. Other definitions restrict Island Southeast Asia to just the islands between Mainland Southeast Asia and the continental shelf of Australia and New Guinea. There is some variability as to whether Taiwan is included in this. Peter Bellwood includes Taiwan in his definition, as did Robert Blust, whilst there are examples that do not. The 16th-century term "East Indies" and the later 19th-century term "Malay Archipelago" are also used to refer to Maritime Southeast Asia. Arab merchants and cartographers referred to Maritime Southeast Asia as Al-Jaza'ir Al-Jawi or Java archipelago. People originating from this region were commonly identified by the name 'Al-Jawi'. In Indonesia, the Old Javanese term "Nusantara" is also used as a...
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