21. Majapahit - Empire of the Islands

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: patreon.com/fallofcivilizations_podcast/posts/… 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