Beneath the shade of an Indonesian teak forest, a great brick gateway stands in ruins…
In this episode, I want to tell the story of the Majapahit Empire of medieval Indonesia. I want to show how this empire of the islands grew up on the volcanic island of Java, and how it beat the odds to survive in a world of medieval superpowers. I want to show how Majapahit expanded its influence and dominion to other lands, and undertook voyages that have few precedents in history. And I want to show what happened to bring this empire of the islands finally crashing down…
SOURCES: https://www.patreon.com/fallofcivilizations_podcast/posts/sources-for-21-165265269
Voice Actors
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Henry Stenhouse
Michael Hajiantonis
Alexandra Boulton
Simon Jackson
Catherine James
Tom Marshall-Lee
Chris Harvey
Jack Jacobs
Nick Denton
Amrit Sandhu
Paul Casselle
Tim Stephenson
Ameen Taher
Readings in Old and Middle Javanese were performed by Ferry Sanjaya and Kadha Aditya.
Historical advisor: Dr Alex West
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Chapters
00:00 – Intro
00:13:12 – Part I – Nusantara
00:14:09 – The Pacific Ring of Fire
00:19:25 – A World of Islands
00:23:11 – The Island of Java
00:26:23 – Java in the Ancient World
00:28:43 – Climate and Geography of Java
00:30:01 – Early Kingdoms of Java
00:32:35 – Part II – A Prayer in Stone
00:33:13 – The Mataram Kingdom
00:34:18 – Mataram as a Hindu-Buddhist Kingdom
00:36:51 – Candrasengkala and Javanese Year Names
00:40:32 – Borobudur
00:44:55 – Daily life in the Borobudur Reliefs
00:49:04 – The Borobudur Ships
00:57:02 – Voyages of discovery
01:00:28 – Madagascar
01:05:10 – The Fall of Mataram
01:15:33 – Part III – Kingdom of the Lion
01:17:09 – Ken Angrok
01:25:16 – Javanese Shadow Puppets
01:34:14 – The Malacca Strait
01:38:57 – Part IV – The Bitter Fruit
01:39:35 – The Yuan Dynasty of China
01:43:36 – King Kertanegara’s Gamble
01:47:10 – Jayakatong’s Rebellion
01:51:56 – Raden Wijaya
01:54:06 – Alcohol in Javanese Culture
01:56:05 – The Death of King Kertanegara
02:04:04 – The Mongols Arrive in Java
02:18:37 – Part V – The Raging Elephant
02:20:30 – Gajah Mada the Mahapatih
02:22:48 – Odoric of Pordenone
02:28:38 – Dyah Gayatri
02:31:34 – The Death of Jayanegara
02:37:30 – Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi
02:39:57 – Gajah Mada’s Palapa Oath
02:45:43 – Hayam Wuruk Comes to the Throne
02:48:26 – The Royal Capital
02:50:14 – Prapanca Writes the Deshawarnana
02:54:54 – The Maluku or Spice Islands
02:57:36 – The Djongs of Majapahit
03:02:36 – Part VI – The Mandala of Kings
03:05:19 – Mandala Empires in Southeast Asia
03:08:54 – The Downfall of Adityavarman
03:14:11 – The Death of Hayam Wuruk
03:18:38 – Part VII – The Reg-Reg War
03:25:21 – The Yongle Emperor
03:28:55 – The Ming Treasure Fleet
03:29:24 – Admiral Zheng He
03:41:27 – Battle of Palembang
03:47:04 – The Rise of Muslim Malacca
03:55:32 – Queen Suhita
04:01:06 – Part VIII – Downfall
04:07:28 – Raden Patah Marches on Majapahit
04:12:35 – The Hindu-Buddhists Flee to Bali
04:17:14 – The New Age of Empires
04:21:39 – The Library of Karangasem
04:25:09 – Final Poem – The Siwaratri Kalpa
04:29:07 – Credits
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