Describe the influences from China, India, and the Middle East that were imparted on the kingdoms of Indochina and the islands in Southeast Asia. (150 - 200 words)

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The influences from China, India, and the Middle East that were imparted on the kingdoms of Indochina and the islands in Southeast Asia were related to culture, traditions, customs, and government.

It is important to remind what are these Southeastern Asia countries that received major influences from China, India, and the Middle East. These were Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philipines, Indonesia, Laos, Brunei, and Myanmar.

With the arrival of merchants, India, China, and the Middle East exerted a heavy influence in those above-mentioned nations. So trade played a key role in the spread of culture and religion. The Sunda Strait and the Strain of Malacca connect the Indian Ocean with the China Sea. Buddhist and Hindu missionaries arrived in Southeastern Asia to evangelize the people of the region.

when a country suffers, for example, a drought period, the market product is affected for a low offer, in this case, potatoes; the government has to tax to the households, which have to give more money for the potatoes which they consume, that situation make them consume substitute goods even through loans, it could increase the financial market movement and the inflationary phenomena, the business has to increase salaries in order to the employees could buy a more expensive food (potatoes) and in order to inflation tha business had to buy expensive supplies in the factor market, while the rest of the world have to gain more money to consume the same amount of potatoes.