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<blockquote data-quote="RareBreed" data-source="post: 9177496" data-attributes="member: 6945590">You're probably right about the detail.&nbsp; It's too much like homework for a lot of folks.This is one of the things I liked about the GURPs books.&nbsp; Not too long ago, I bought their Srivijaya PDF that detailed the Sri Vijayan empire in what would today be a part of Indonesia.&nbsp; If there are any Filipinos in the audience, legend has it that the word Visayas came from the Sri Vijayan refugees when they were defeated by the Majapahit empire.It's kind of sad that other than China and Japan, at least here in America, there is hardly anything known about Asian history and culture.&nbsp; Heck, I bet a lot of under 35 crowd don't even know about the Vietnam War (they missed out on Magnum PI, the A-Team, Tour of Duty, China Beach, Platoon, Rambo, etc) as pop culture, or that the Philippines used to be a Commonwealth of America (like Puerto Rico and Guam are now).&nbsp; We get deluged with Chinese and Japanese period pieces (think Three Kingdoms or Sengoku jidai....or heck, any Wuxia based RPG ot something Legend of the Five Rings).&nbsp; But South East or South Asia?&nbsp; Very very few Americans know anything about the Chola Empire of India, the Champa of Vietnam, the Ayutthaya of Thailand, or the Majapahit/Sri Vijaya of Indonesia.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RareBreed, post: 9177496, member: 6945590"] You're probably right about the detail. It's too much like homework for a lot of folks. This is one of the things I liked about the GURPs books. Not too long ago, I bought their Srivijaya PDF that detailed the Sri Vijayan empire in what would today be a part of Indonesia. If there are any Filipinos in the audience, legend has it that the word Visayas came from the Sri Vijayan refugees when they were defeated by the Majapahit empire. It's kind of sad that other than China and Japan, at least here in America, there is hardly anything known about Asian history and culture. Heck, I bet a lot of under 35 crowd don't even know about the Vietnam War (they missed out on Magnum PI, the A-Team, Tour of Duty, China Beach, Platoon, Rambo, etc) as pop culture, or that the Philippines used to be a Commonwealth of America (like Puerto Rico and Guam are now). We get deluged with Chinese and Japanese period pieces (think Three Kingdoms or Sengoku jidai....or heck, any Wuxia based RPG ot something Legend of the Five Rings). But South East or South Asia? Very very few Americans know anything about the Chola Empire of India, the Champa of Vietnam, the Ayutthaya of Thailand, or the Majapahit/Sri Vijaya of Indonesia. [/QUOTE]

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