All of Us chapter sampler

TAIWAN Taiwan

I r r a w a d d y R i v e r R

S a l w e e n R i v e r l

Northern Vietnam

T I M E L I N E

Khorat Plateau au

c.5,300 BCE Austronesian people gradually sail south from Taiwan and coastal southern China in outrigger boats and catamarans. c.4,000 BCE People from southern China use river valleys to travel into mainland Southeast Asia. 2,500 BCE Rice and millet are grown, and soon afterwards poultry are domesticated. 2,000–500 BCE Mainland Southeast Asians make bronze (then iron, copper and tin) axes, spearheads, bells and bowls. c.1,000 BCE Austronesians sail as far west as Africa and as far north as China.

M e k o n g R i v e r

Malay Peninsula Malay

Gulf of Thailand

SABAH

SARAWAK

SULAWESI

JAVA

TIMOR

People on the Move 5,000–500 BCE