JAVA AND SUMATRA

Java & Sumatra

Java 

Java map

- Many people go to Java because the traders want to get the natural resources ( spices, rice, etc.....)
- First state in Java is Ho-Ling from China
- Ho-Ling is important because :
             1. It was an important commercial intermediately between Java and Sumatra
             2. It introduced the people of Indonesia How to do daring of Farming
             3. It introduced the people of Buddhism religion
- Ho-Ling is so famous because :
             1. It had a good Buddhism religion
             2. It had good soil for agriculture
             3. It had direct trading links in China
- Indonesia people didn't know about Ho-Ling because in 18th century, Ho-Ling merged with another island in Yogyakarta is Mataram.
- Mataram have military power, but Ho-Ling didn't have
- Mataram built Borobudur templates.
- Borobudur templates have good technology, good human resources, good natural resources and they had good religion growth( Buddhism ).

Borobudur templates

- Mataram is rich because of trading with China and resources.



Sumatra 

Many people go to Sumatra because it was located near by Strait of Malacca, which was the main trading route for traders ( China and India )

Sumatra map

Strait of Malacca

 In Sumatra , there was a state named Srivijaya.

 Srivijaya gave tributes to the Chinese emperor in order to gain access to local Chinese market.



The  Decline of Srivijaya' :
    1. War of Mataram
    2. The capital which was attacked to Chola in India
    3. The trading links in Srivijaya with the Southern China was broken, China want to take more  active roles.