[Music] this is southeast Asia home to almost a dozen Nations and tens of thousands of islands in this lesson we'll stick to the mainland which includes Myanmar Thailand La Cambodia and Vietnam they are densely forested mountainous and beautiful for thousands of years this region has been a Crossroads of trade as it sits Just Between the Indian and Pacific Oceans the Himalayas have always made trade difficult between South Asia and East Asia so navigating these Waters is crucial historically whoever controlled trade had controlled the region making it highly sought after territory the first century CE saw the rise of several important kingdoms including the mons who settled along the iraa river in present day me and the KR who settled the Mong River in Cambodia and the ti who settled the chiao pr River in Thailand why do you think these groups mostly settled in lowland river valleys rather than up in the mountains take a second to pause the video and respond to question one on your lesson viewing guide as trading kingdoms developed religious beliefs from South Asia diffused into the region Hinduism arrived in the 4th Century B.C.E many parts of Hindu culture were adopted including its myths gods and architecture thousands of temples were built throughout South and the ethnol linguistic landscape is just as varied as the plant and animal species Indonesia and the Philippines are lands of contrast they have huge populations and ethnic diversity the Philippines has over 7,000 islands with 100 million people which is nothing compared to Indonesia's 17,500 islands and over 274 million people and the most densely populated island on earth Java perhaps more than any other country Indonesia is a country of heterogeneity which is a fancy way of saying it has a high level of variety there are over 700 native languages making it the second most linguistically diverse nation in the world and there are several practiced religions Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim country with over 230 million followers of Islam and there are 29 million Christians a relic of European influence but all of this variety begs the question how do you think ethnol linguistic and religious diversity impacts decision-making within the government and mass communication this is a great place to pause the video and respond to question one in your listen viewing guide [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] oh oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] for [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh e [Music] [Music] the [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] spe [Applause] [Applause] I'm so be fore spee fore speech [Music] [Music] that's