Skip to content
Conflict

Srivijaya Maritime Wars

600 CE – 1288 CE · 688 years

Maritime thalassocracy based in Sumatra that controlled the Strait of Malacca trade for centuries before falling to Chola naval raids and Javanese rivals.

See it on the timeline

Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Srivijaya Empire
  • Chola Dynasty, Majapahit, Javanese kingdoms

Key moments

Defining events in the Srivijaya Maritime Wars.

  1. 1025 Chola invasion of Srivijaya
  2. Conquest of Malay Peninsula ports
  3. 1288 Fall to Majapahit expansion

Running at the same time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

See the whole view

Landmark

Afrasiab (Ancient Samarkand)

500 BCE – 1220 CE

Polity

Srivijaya Empire

650 CE – 1400 CE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Figure · Arabian Peninsula

Muhammad

570 CE – 632 CE

Conflict

Mongol Conquests

1206 CE – 1368 CE

Landmark

Nan Madol

1180 CE – still standing

Polity

Chagatai Khanate

1225 CE – 1687 CE

Figure · Frankish Empire

Charlemagne

742 CE – 814 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 600 CE and 1288 CE.

751 CE Battle of Talas 1180 CE Nan Madol 1206 CE Mongol Conquests 1250 CE Lelu Ruins 600 CE Chichen Itza

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Volubilis Landmark · Africa 300 BCE – 1200 CE Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Chinese Grand Canal Trade route · East Asia 600 CE Goguryeo–Sui Wars Conflict · East Asia 598 CE – 614 CE Gyeongju Historic Areas Landmark · East Asia 57 BCE – 935 CE Holy Roman Empire Polity · Europe 962 CE – 1806 CE
Image credits6 pictures from Wikimedia Commons