Majapahit Empire

Overview

Majapahit, also known as Wilwatikta, was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist thalassocratic empire in Southeast Asia based on the island of Java. At its greatest extent, following significant military expansions, the territory of the empire and its tributary states covered almost the entire Nusantara archipelago, spanning both Asia and Oceania. After a civil war that weakened control over the vassal states, the empire slowly declined before collapsing in 1527 due to an invasion by the Sultanate of Demak. The fall of Majapahit saw the rise of Islamic kingdoms in Java.

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Borders & accuracy

Dashed borders mark empires whose extent we can date but whose precise frontiers are contested or undocumented.

• SOURCEapproximate cultural extent (no primary GIS source)
• DETAILapproximate-cultural-extent
• SNAPSHOT1350
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire7

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Mongol invasion of Java1293
  World-changing
• Battle of Bubat1357
  Major conflict
• Regreg War1404–06
  Major conflict
• Fall of Majapahit1517–27
  Major conflict
• Gajah Mada's conquest of Bali1343
  Significant
• Majapahit attack on Pasai1377
  Significant
• Fall of Singapura1391–98
  Significant