funan empire, gulf of thailand, southeast asian civilization

The Meteoric Rise and Fall of Funan: Southeast Asia’s First Super Power Kingdom

The Funan Empire is often referred to as the first major Southeast Asian civilization. There is archaeological evidence to suggest that this civilization spread across Cambodia to Vietnam, all the way to Thailand, and probably Malaysia. FactsandDetails.com states: “Even the Chinese, who considered most everyone around them to be Barbarians, marveled over Funan’s treasures of gems and ...

Max Lu

Remains of the Funan empire.