Indian Ocean trade

________ was made possible by monsoon winds.

Rice cultivation

________ continued as the mainstay of agriculture but was no longer dependent on an elaborate irrigation network.

Sri Lanka

Buddhism was first brought to ________ by a mission sent out from eastern India during the reign of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka.

confident culture

The Tamils in the north developed a more distinct and ________, backed by a resurgent Hinduism that looked to the traditions of southern India for its inspiration.

threats of invasion

During the thirteenth century, the declining kingdom faced ________ from India and the expanding Tamil kingdom.

Ulama

________ (Islamic scholars) often condemned Sufis because they oftens deviated from the sharia (Islamic law)

Angkor Wat

________ was dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu.

Sufi missionaries

________ had the biggest impact on frontier regions of Islam.

Sukhothai period

During the ________, Thailand freed itself from the Khmer Empire and prospered, expanding its influence towards what are today Laos and Cambodia.

Sukhothai Kingdom

Before the ________ was founded in 1238, much of present day Thailand was under control of the Khmer empire.