600-1450+-+Southeast+Asia+-+Theme+3

Theme # 3- State Building, Expansion and Conflict

 * **__Political Structures and Forms of Governance__**
 * 1) Sultan
 * 2) Not a tightly centralized state
 * 3) Local authority was strong
 * 4) Politically divided but peaceful
 * __**Empires**__
 * 1) Han empire
 * 2) Roman empire
 * __**Nations and Nationalism**__
 * Includes Persia, Greece, and India


 * __**Revolts and Revolutions**__
 * Muslims took over Sansanid Dynasty


 * __**Regional, Transregional and Global Structures**__
 * 1) Influenced southeast Asia