Southeast Asian and Oceanic Peoples


This section includes not only mainland southeast Asia, but peoples of the Southeast Asian island archipelagoes, Australia and New Zealand, and the Polynesian peoples of the Pacific Ocean.	Sapience Home Site Map About Sapience Sociology Peoples Asiatic Peoples Southeast Asian Mainland peoples Southeast Asian Archipelagoes Australian peoples Polynesian peoples

This section includes not only mainland southeast Asia, but peoples of the Southeast Asian island archipelagoes, Australia and New Zealand, and the Polynesian peoples of the Pacific Ocean.

Mainland Southeast Asian Peoples

These include the nation of Vietnam.

Southeast Asian Archipelago

See the particular nation of Indonesia for details.

See the particular nation of Philippines for details.

Australian peoples

These include the Aborigines of Australia

Polynesian peoples

1519 - 1521. Magellan leads first expedition to sail around the world.
1700-1765 CE. European warfare extends to conflicts in and among colonies in Americas and Asia.
c. 1938 - 1945. World War II. Germany under the rule of Hitler and Japan attempt military conquest of Europe and Asia. England, the United States led by Roosevelt, and Russia (the USSR) under Stalin are the chief opponents and combine to defeat Germany and Japan.
c. 1962-1973 US involved in Vietnam war.


History I have little information on the prehistory of Southeast Asia, and antiquity is poorly explored. Most of its recorded history dates to classical and medieval times, and the Southeast Asian Mainland and the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes can be considered. In modern times, the Southeast Asian mainland, the Southeast Asian archipelagoes, Australia, and Oceania are all known. The future of these peoples is obscure.	Links to Other sites:
Other areas of Sociology Peoples of mainland Southeast Asia, the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes, and Australia can be examined using other areas of sociology. Other peoples of the world Other peoples of the world can be used to examine mainland Southeast Asia, the southeast Asian Archipelagoes, and Australia. Various nations can be connected to those peoples. [Such as most recently Serbia, Chad, Hungary, Belarus Somalia, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Sweden, Haiti, Burundi, Benin, Austria, Azerbaijan, Honduras, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Tajikistan, Israel, El Salvador, Hong Kong Paraguay, Laos, Sierra Leone, Jordan] Those that belong principally to Southeast Asian peoples include: Australia Cambodia Laos Papua New Guinea Singapore New Zealand Other Asiatic peoples Other Asiatic peoples can be used to examine the Southeast Asian mainland peoples, the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes, and Australia. Tunisia can be connected. Oriental peoples Oriental peoples can be connected to Southeast Asian Mainland peoples and the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes. China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea can be connected. South Asian peoples South Asian peoples can be connected to mainland Southeast Asian peoples and the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka can be connected. There are connections to Middle Eastern peoples including those of Syria. Persian peoples including those of Iran and Afghanistan are somewhat connected. Arabian peoples including those of Saudi Arabia and Yemen are somewhat connected. Mesopotamian peoples including those of Iraq are somewhat connected. Egypt is not strongly connected. Turkey is not strongly connected. North African peoples including those of Morocco and Algeria are not strongly connected. There are weak connections at best to Central Asian peoples such as are found in China, Russia, and , Kazakhstan. Inner Asian peoples found in parts of China, parts of Russia, and Uzbekistan can be connected. Western civilization Western Civilization has been influential in Mainland Southeast Asia, the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes, and Australia. Nations such as Czech Republic can be connected. Anglic peoples Anglic peoples have been influential in Mainland Southeast Asia, the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes, and Australia. British peoples of the UK, Anglo-American peoples of the United States and Canada, and Anglo-Australians including Australia have been influential. These are also influenced by Latin peoles such as those of Portugal. French peoples such as those of France, Hispanic peoples such as those of Cuba can be considered. Spain can be connected. Hispanic Mexican American peoples including Guatemala can be connected Mexico can be connected. Hispanic Colombian American peoples including Ecuador can be connected. Colombia can be connected. Venezuela can be connected. Hispanic Argentine American peoples including Chile can be connected. Argentina can be conneted. Hispanic Peruvian american peoples including Peru, Lusitanic peoples including Brazil, Italic peoples such as those of Italy; Northeast Europeans such as those of Russia, Ukraine, and Poland; Germanic peoples including those of Belgium can be connected. The Netherlands have been highly important. Germany can be connected. Balkan peoples including those of Romania, Greece and Scandinavian peoples. These are also connected somewhat to African peoples such as those of Rwanda. East African peoples including those of Uganda can be connected. Northern East African peoples including those of Ethiopia can be connected. Interior East African peoples including those of Sudan can be connected. Central East African peoples including those of Tanzania and Kenya can be connected. Southern African peoples including those of South Africa Mozambique, Madagascar, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Zambia can be connected. West African peoples including those of Guinea can be connected. Southern Coastal West African peoples including those of Nigeria, Ghana, and Cote d'Ivoire can be connected. Interior West African peoples including those of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali can be connected. Western Coastal West African peoples including those of Senegal can be connected. Central African peoples including those of Congo (DR), Cameroon, and Angola can be connected. American Indian peoples American Indian peoples seem to have weak and indirect connections to the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes, Australia, and the Southeast Asian Mainland. Cuba can be considered. South American Indian peoples South American Indian peoples such as those of Ecuador can possibly be connected. Andean peoples of Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, and Chile can possibly be connected. Cono/Southern American Indian peoples of Argentina Chile can possibly be connected. Amazonian peoples of Brazil Argentina can possibly be connected. Middle American Indian peoples Middle American Indian peoples seem to have had at most a weak influence on Southeast Asian peoples. Guatemala can be connected. Meso-American peoples of Mexico The Southwestern American Indian peoples of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico can be connected. North American Indian peoples North American Indian peoples seem to have had at most a weak influence on Southeast Asian peoples. Those of the United States and Canada can be connected. Western North American Indian peoples and Eastern North American Indian peoples can possibly be connected. Communities Communities that are not yet connected to particular nations include important cities such as: Singapore Social structure and change Social structure and change can be applied to Mainland Southeast Asia, the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes, and Australia. Social change Social change can be applied principally to Mainland Southeast Asia and the Southest Asian archipelagoes. Particular changes Particular changes can be applied principally to Mainland Southeast Asia and the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes. The agricultural revolution can be discussed. The agrarian revolution can so far be connected to the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes. Bronze age developments, early iron age developments, late iron age developments, and modernization can be connected. The industrial revolution can so far be connected to the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes. The early industrial revolution and middle industrial revolution can be connected. The late industrial revolution can be considered. Social change factors Social change factors can be applied to the Southeat Asian Archipelagoes. Institutional change can be connected. Cultural change can be connected. Demographic change can be connected. Natural change can be connected. Social change processes Social change processes can be applied to Mainland southeast Asia and the Southeast Asian archipelagoes. Innovation, transmission, adaptation, and extinction can be considered. Social types Industrial society including late industrial society, middle industrial society, and early industrial society can be connected. Agrarian society including early modern society, late Iron age society, early Iron age society, and Bronze age society can be connected. Horticultural society can be connected. Hunting and gathering societies can be connected. Social structure including anthropological structure and cultural structure can be considered. Community and regional structure can be connected. Class structure can be connected. Institutional structure can be connected. Institutions The institutions of society can be used to examine Mainland Southeast Asian peoples, the Southeast Asian archipelagoes, and Australia. Religion Religion can be applied to Mainland Southeast Asian peoples, the Southeast Asian archipelagoes, and Australia. Particular religious traditions including , Pagan religion, and Secularism can be considered. Abrahamic religion including Islam, and Judaism can be considered. Christianity including Catholic, Protestant, orthodox, and Mormon beliefs is present. It is not thought that Old Christianity reached Southeast Asian peoples. Asiatic religion including Persian, Oriental, and Indian religion can be connected. Religious organization including highly structured, fragmented, and unstructured forms can be considered. Religious practice and religious belief can be considered. Government including law will also be useful. Government structure including politican parties and interest groups, judicial systems, legislative systems, executive systems, heads of state, and forms of government will be useful. Government activity such as administration, succession, and state relations can be examined. Particular governments including local and national governments will be useful. International governments including traditional empires, colonial empires, and modern compacts will be useful. Economics including activities and industries will be valuable. Economic systems including firms, networks, economic system types, and econonic system behavior can be considered. Education including research, teadhing, cultural instutions, and educational organization may also be developed as the site expands. Particular schools including higher education, secondary education, and primary education will be significant Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and Particular families are important. Culture Behavioral components such as customs, occupations, and recreation and entertainment will be significant. Cultural events such as miscellaneous events, disasters, gatherings, and holidays can be considered. Conceptual culture such as language, graphic arts, lterature, mathematics, and applied science will be useful. Philosophy including philosophical schools and doctrines, special topics, athics, aesthetics, metaphysics, epistemology, and logic can be connected. Material culture such as industrial technology, building technology, foodstuffs, clothing, transportation technology, communication technology, and other artifacts will be useful. Anthropology Particular groups may be useful. Human geography includes parts of Asiatic Geography and Oceanic geography. Human ecology including effects of the environment on people, other life forms, and effects of people on the environment can be considered. Physical anthropology including human origins, racial variation and human dispersion can be considered. Demography including births, migration, deaths, population size and structure, and population change can be considered. Social foundations including social presentation, social interaction, social control, social group behavior, and social group types may be usful. Personal studies Biography will be developed as more individuals are added. The human body including body systems, body function, life cycle, disease, and form and appearance will be usefu. Psychology including behavioral elements, mind, behavioral patterns, developmental psychology, mental disorders, personality, and social psychology may be useeful. There are connections with science including physics, chemistry, and astronomy, but more helpfully earth science and biology.

I have little information on the prehistory of Southeast Asia, and antiquity is poorly explored. Most of its recorded history dates to classical and medieval times, and the Southeast Asian Mainland and the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes can be considered. In modern times, the Southeast Asian mainland, the Southeast Asian archipelagoes, Australia, and Oceania are all known. The future of these peoples is obscure.

Links to Other sites:

Other areas of Sociology

Peoples of mainland Southeast Asia, the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes, and Australia can be examined using other areas of sociology.

Other peoples of the world

Other peoples of the world can be used to examine mainland Southeast Asia, the southeast Asian Archipelagoes, and Australia.

Various nations can be connected to those peoples. [Such as most recently Serbia, Chad, Hungary, Belarus Somalia, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Sweden, Haiti, Burundi, Benin, Austria, Azerbaijan, Honduras, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Tajikistan, Israel, El Salvador, Hong Kong Paraguay, Laos, Sierra Leone, Jordan] Those that belong principally to Southeast Asian peoples include:

Other Asiatic peoples

Other Asiatic peoples can be used to examine the Southeast Asian mainland peoples, the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes, and Australia. Tunisia can be connected.

Oriental peoples

Oriental peoples can be connected to Southeast Asian Mainland peoples and the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes. China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea can be connected.

South Asian peoples

South Asian peoples can be connected to mainland Southeast Asian peoples and the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka can be connected.

There are connections to Middle Eastern peoples including those of Syria. Persian peoples including those of Iran and Afghanistan are somewhat connected. Arabian peoples including those of Saudi Arabia and Yemen are somewhat connected. Mesopotamian peoples including those of Iraq are somewhat connected. Egypt is not strongly connected. Turkey is not strongly connected. North African peoples including those of Morocco and Algeria are not strongly connected.

There are weak connections at best to Central Asian peoples such as are found in China, Russia, and , Kazakhstan. Inner Asian peoples found in parts of China, parts of Russia, and Uzbekistan can be connected.

Western civilization

Western Civilization has been influential in Mainland Southeast Asia, the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes, and Australia. Nations such as Czech Republic can be connected.

Anglic peoples

Anglic peoples have been influential in Mainland Southeast Asia, the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes, and Australia. British peoples of the UK, Anglo-American peoples of the United States and Canada, and Anglo-Australians including Australia have been influential.

These are also influenced by Latin peoles such as those of Portugal. French peoples such as those of France, Hispanic peoples such as those of Cuba can be considered. Spain can be connected. Hispanic Mexican American peoples including Guatemala can be connected Mexico can be connected. Hispanic Colombian American peoples including Ecuador can be connected. Colombia can be connected. Venezuela can be connected. Hispanic Argentine American peoples including Chile can be connected. Argentina can be conneted. Hispanic Peruvian american peoples including Peru, Lusitanic peoples including Brazil, Italic peoples such as those of Italy;

Northeast Europeans such as those of Russia, Ukraine, and Poland;

Germanic peoples including those of Belgium can be connected. The Netherlands have been highly important. Germany can be connected.

Balkan peoples including those of Romania, Greece and Scandinavian peoples.

These are also connected somewhat to African peoples such as those of Rwanda.

East African peoples including those of Uganda can be connected. Northern East African peoples including those of Ethiopia can be connected. Interior East African peoples including those of Sudan can be connected. Central East African peoples including those of Tanzania and Kenya can be connected.

Southern African peoples including those of South Africa Mozambique, Madagascar, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Zambia can be connected.

West African peoples including those of Guinea can be connected. Southern Coastal West African peoples including those of Nigeria, Ghana, and Cote d'Ivoire can be connected. Interior West African peoples including those of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali can be connected. Western Coastal West African peoples including those of Senegal can be connected.

Central African peoples including those of Congo (DR), Cameroon, and Angola can be connected.

American Indian peoples

American Indian peoples seem to have weak and indirect connections to the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes, Australia, and the Southeast Asian Mainland. Cuba can be considered.

South American Indian peoples

South American Indian peoples such as those of Ecuador can possibly be connected. Andean peoples of Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, and Chile can possibly be connected. Cono/Southern American Indian peoples of Argentina Chile can possibly be connected. Amazonian peoples of Brazil Argentina can possibly be connected.

Middle American Indian peoples

Middle American Indian peoples seem to have had at most a weak influence on Southeast Asian peoples. Guatemala can be connected. Meso-American peoples of Mexico The Southwestern American Indian peoples of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico can be connected.

North American Indian peoples

North American Indian peoples seem to have had at most a weak influence on Southeast Asian peoples. Those of the United States and Canada can be connected. Western North American Indian peoples and Eastern North American Indian peoples can possibly be connected.

Communities

Communities that are not yet connected to particular nations include important cities such as:

Singapore

Social structure and change

Social structure and change can be applied to Mainland Southeast Asia, the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes, and Australia.

Social change

Social change can be applied principally to Mainland Southeast Asia and the Southest Asian archipelagoes.

Particular changes

Particular changes can be applied principally to Mainland Southeast Asia and the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes. The agricultural revolution can be discussed. The agrarian revolution can so far be connected to the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes. Bronze age developments, early iron age developments, late iron age developments, and modernization can be connected. The industrial revolution can so far be connected to the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes. The early industrial revolution and middle industrial revolution can be connected. The late industrial revolution can be considered.

Social change factors

Social change factors can be applied to the Southeat Asian Archipelagoes. Institutional change can be connected. Cultural change can be connected. Demographic change can be connected. Natural change can be connected.

Social change processes

Social change processes can be applied to Mainland southeast Asia and the Southeast Asian archipelagoes. Innovation, transmission, adaptation, and extinction can be considered.

Social types

Industrial society including late industrial society, middle industrial society, and early industrial society can be connected. Agrarian society including early modern society, late Iron age society, early Iron age society, and Bronze age society can be connected. Horticultural society can be connected. Hunting and gathering societies can be connected.

Social structure including anthropological structure and cultural structure can be considered. Community and regional structure can be connected. Class structure can be connected. Institutional structure can be connected.

Institutions

The institutions of society can be used to examine Mainland Southeast Asian peoples, the Southeast Asian archipelagoes, and Australia.

Religion

Religion can be applied to Mainland Southeast Asian peoples, the Southeast Asian archipelagoes, and Australia.

Particular religious traditions including , Pagan religion, and Secularism can be considered. Abrahamic religion including Islam, and Judaism can be considered. Christianity including Catholic, Protestant, orthodox, and Mormon beliefs is present. It is not thought that Old Christianity reached Southeast Asian peoples. Asiatic religion including Persian, Oriental, and Indian religion can be connected. Religious organization including highly structured, fragmented, and unstructured forms can be considered. Religious practice and religious belief can be considered.

Government including law will also be useful. Government structure including politican parties and interest groups, judicial systems, legislative systems, executive systems, heads of state, and forms of government will be useful. Government activity such as administration, succession, and state relations can be examined. Particular governments including local and national governments will be useful. International governments including traditional empires, colonial empires, and modern compacts will be useful.

Economics including activities and industries will be valuable. Economic systems including firms, networks, economic system types, and econonic system behavior can be considered. Education including research, teadhing, cultural instutions, and educational organization may also be developed as the site expands. Particular schools including higher education, secondary education, and primary education will be significant

Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and Particular families are important.

Culture

Behavioral components such as customs, occupations, and recreation and entertainment will be significant. Cultural events such as miscellaneous events, disasters, gatherings, and holidays can be considered.

Conceptual culture such as language, graphic arts, lterature, mathematics, and applied science will be useful. Philosophy including philosophical schools and doctrines, special topics, athics, aesthetics, metaphysics, epistemology, and logic can be connected.

Material culture such as industrial technology, building technology, foodstuffs, clothing, transportation technology, communication technology, and other artifacts will be useful.

Anthropology

Particular groups may be useful. Human geography includes parts of Asiatic Geography and Oceanic geography. Human ecology including effects of the environment on people, other life forms, and effects of people on the environment can be considered. Physical anthropology including human origins, racial variation and human dispersion can be considered. Demography including births, migration, deaths, population size and structure, and population change can be considered. Social foundations including social presentation, social interaction, social control, social group behavior, and social group types may be usful.

Personal studies

Biography will be developed as more individuals are added.

The human body including body systems, body function, life cycle, disease, and form and appearance will be usefu. Psychology including behavioral elements, mind, behavioral patterns, developmental psychology, mental disorders, personality, and social psychology may be useeful.

There are connections with science including physics, chemistry, and astronomy, but more helpfully earth science and biology.