
Episode #17
Episode 17: Series on Islam and Trade in the Malay Archipelago. Part 1 - Who are the Austronesians?
<p>Send a text</p><p>This episode begins a three-part series on Islam and trade in the Malay Archipelago.</p><p>Before we can understand how Islam spread through Southeast Asia, we first need to understand the people who inhabited the region long before its arrival — the Austronesians. In the first episode, Anisa and I talk about how these remarkable seafaring peoples spread across the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from Taiwan and the Philippines through the Malay Archipelago and as far as Polynesia and Madagascar. Their languages, maritime traditions, and shared cultural heritage formed the foundation of the peoples th...

