Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis investigates the similarities and differences between the tropical epicenters of South and Southeast Asia during the Charter State era, 800- 1400 CE. This study can inform scholars about the relationship between "people and place" by examining the ground plans, activities, and people associated with each epicenter. By using the comparative approach and entanglement… more Full Text: EPICENTERS, ELITES AND ENTANGLEMENT: A COMPARISON OF PREINDUSTRIAL CHARTER STATES IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND BELIZE A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in …