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Malay Peninsula

The Malay Peninsula is the long peninsula of South-East Asia extending south from mainland Asia between the Andaman Sea and the South China Sea. Its control of the Strait of Malacca made it strategically valuable to Srivijaya and later the Majapahit Empire. In the early modern period the Dutch Empire competed there for control of trade.

Malay Peninsula
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Mentioned in 5 profiles

Majapahit EmpireSocioeconomy, MilitarySrivijaya EmpireFoundation, Military, DeclineAceh SultanateSummaryJohor SultanateFoundationMalaysiaSummary

Mentioned in 4 state histories

LangkasukaPan PanChi TuSailendra Kingdom

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Malay Peninsula. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/malay-peninsula
MLA
“Malay Peninsula.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/malay-peninsula. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Malay Peninsula.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/malay-peninsula.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Malay Peninsula’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/malay-peninsula (Accessed: ).

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