BRUNEI
(Protectorate)INDONESIA
CAMBODIA
LAOS
MALAYSIA
SINGAPORE
PHILIPPINES
VIETNAM
MYANMAR
THAILAND
It was the irresistibly lucrative spice trade that first put Southeast Asia in the
cannon crosshairs of the West before the Japanese Occupation of World War II.
After six decades of changing hands, the region’s nations have finally wrested
independence from the grasp of former masters.
Colony Collective
IMPERIAL TERRITORIESDATA SOURCES: THE COMMONWEALTH, ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, NATIONAL LIBRARY BOARD SINGAPORE,
BBC, AL JAZEERA, BRUNEI RESOURCES, INDONESIA INVESTMENTS, GLOBAL SECURITY, ASIAN HIGHLIGHTS,
DR M.C RICKLEFS, DR DAVID CHANDLER, SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES
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