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Majapahit maritime hegemony in the 1390s

Type Event Region Southeast Asia Time 1391–1400

In the 1390s the Majapahit empire of Java, under Wikramawardhana, sustained suzerainty and tributary networks across Nusantara through spice and rice…

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  1. 1391–1395Majapahit capital · JavaAfter Hayam Wuruk's death, his son-in-law Wikramawardhana succeeded him, continuing to unify Javanese nobles and local vassals under a syncretic Hindu-Buddhist ideology and consolidating central control over eastern and western subject territories.
  2. 1395–1400Java Sea and Malacca Strait routes · NusantaraBy controlling the transshipment of spices, rice, and tin, the empire demanded tribute from ports in Sumatra, Kalimantan, and the Malay Peninsula, and maintained trade with Ming China and various merchant communities, forming a Java-centered maritime order.

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