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Maritime Trade of the Malay Archipelago (1240s)

Type Event Region Southeast Asia Time 1241–1250

In the 1240s, with the decline of Srivijaya's hegemony, a new pattern of multi-port competition emerged in the Malay Archipelago.

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  1. 1241–1245Palembang · SumatraSrivijaya's center at Palembang still retained important trading status but could no longer monopolize the strait; port cities such as Jambi and Tambralinga, along with Javanese powers, shared the profits of the transshipment trade.
  2. 1246–1250Temasek · SingaporeTemasek (modern Singapore) grew increasingly important as a supply and anchorage point at the northern end of the strait, where Chinese, Indian, and Southeast Asian merchant ships transshipped cargo, forming a multi-centered port-city network.
  3. 1247–1250Quanzhou · FujianIn the late Southern Song, ports such as Quanzhou still maintained frequent trade with ports of the Malay Archipelago; spices and Southeast Asian products flowed into China while silk and porcelain flowed outward, with trade remaining active on the eve of regime change.

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