{"slug": "southeast-asia", "label": "Southeast Asia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11708", "qid": "Q11708", "description": "south-eastern region of Asia", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [68, 2025], "span_label": ["68 CE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "buddhism", "label": "Buddhism", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sumatra", "label": "Sumatra", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chola-dynasty", "label": "Chola dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vietnam", "label": "Vietnam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "australia", "label": "Australia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mediterranean-sea", "label": "Mediterranean Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cambodia", "label": "Cambodia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "central-asia", "label": "Central Asia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kublai-khan", "label": "Kublai Khan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pacific-ocean", "label": "Pacific Ocean", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 68, "year_label": "68 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Kingdom of Funan is established in the Mekong Delta comprising present-day Cambodia, Southern Vietnam, Southern Thailand and Eastern Thailand, the first known civilization in Southeast Asia. The capital city is Vyadhapura or modern-day Ba Phnum District in Cambodia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330183058#Asia", "title": "AD 68", "revid": 1330183058, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 425, "year_label": "425 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Buddhism begins to spread to Southeast Asia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367645280#Religion", "title": "425", "revid": 1367645280, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 701, "year_label": "701 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Arab merchants introduce Oriental spices into Mediterranean markets. Muslim merchant vessels visit the Maluku Islands (South East Asia) for the first time (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806807#Arabian_Empire", "title": "701", "revid": 1340806807, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 1025, "year_label": "1025 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Srivijaya, a Buddhist kingdom based in Sumatra, is attacked by Emperor Rajendra I of the Chola dynasty of southern India in a dispute over trading rights in Southeast Asia. It survives but declines in importance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367042525#Asia", "title": "1025", "revid": 1367042525, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1281, "year_label": "1281 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – Battle of Kōan (or Second Battle of Hakata Bay): A second Mongol invasion of Japan is foiled, as a large typhoon, famously called a kamikaze, or 'divine wind', destroys much of the combined Mongol and Chinese fleet and forces, numbering over 140,000 men and 4,000 ships. Later, Kublai Khan begins to gather forces to prepare for a third invasion attempt, but is distracted by events in Southeast and Central Asia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320525#Asia", "title": "1281", "revid": 1351320525, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1966, "year_label": "1966 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – No. 9 Squadron RAAF becomes part of the 4,500 strong Australian Task Force assigned to duties in Vietnam, leaving for Southeast Asia aboard the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370246126#May", "title": "1966", "revid": 1370246126, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "July 19", "text": "July 19 – Typhoon Doksuri forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean, going on to kill 137 people in Southeast Asia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#July", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 17", "text": "October 17 – Whoosh, the first high speed rail in Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the Southern Hemisphere, opens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#October", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 – Thailand becomes the 38th country and the first in Southeastern Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#January", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › January"}}]}