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Champa Shipbuilding Industry

Type Object Region Asia Time 700–1471

Shipbuilding and navigation skills developed by the Champa kingdom on the Sino-Vietnamese coast in the mid-12th century, with craftsmen building merc…

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  1. c. 900–1100Ports on the eastern Indochinese coast · VietnamChampa rulers developed shipbuilding and navigation along the monsoon sea lanes; ships sailed to ports across the South China Sea carrying spices, ivory, and imported goods, forming a maritime commercial network that competed with Srivijaya and Java.
  2. c. 1171–1180Shipbuilding yards at Champa ports · ChampaAround 1175, Champa craftsmen built wooden vessels suited to coastal and transoceanic voyages, and the ports maintained merchant shipping with the Southern Song and the Malay Archipelago; shipbuilding skills supported Champa's role as a transshipment hub in Southeast Asian trade.
  3. c. 1300–1471Central Vietnamese coast · VietnamChampa's territory shrank in the Vietnamese–Cham wars, but coastal shipbuilding and navigation skills were partly inherited by Vietnamese ports and Chinese merchant networks, and South China Sea ship types continued to evolve.

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