High Middle Ages · Southeast Asia · War

1006

Sriwijaya burns its rivals

1006

The Malay maritime empire in Sumatra attacked the Javanese kingdom of Medang, burning its capital and killing King Dharmawangsa at a wedding feast. Sriwijaya's thalassocracy, controlling the Strait of Malacca, would dominate Southeast Asian trade for another two centuries before its decline. The destruction of the Javanese court was so complete that the island's center of power shifted permanently eastward, eventually giving rise to the Majapahit dynasty.

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Before and after in Southeast Asia

After: 1008: Suryavarman I consolidates power at Angkor

Before and after in War

Before: 1004: Sweyn Forkbeard sacks Norwich
After: 1007: Mahmud of Ghazni raids Bhatinda

Era

High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.