Orang Asli (Semang and Senoi)

Orang Asli (Semang and Senoi) appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Malay Peninsula and Sumatra (Southeast Asia) from c. 2000 BCE to the present, a span of 4,024 years. Its people spoke Austroasiatic languages (Khmer, Mon, Vietnamese, Munda).

The Semang foragers and Senoi farmers of the peninsula's interior speak Aslian languages, probably brought by Neolithic farmers around 2000 BCE. Malay states and later Malaysia pressed them into the forest margins.

See Orang Asli (Semang and Senoi) on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 2000 BCE to the present

Duration

4,024 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, Southeast Asia

Language family

Austroasiatic

Events in Southeast Asia during its time

• 500 BCE Dong Son bronze drums
• 111 BCE Han conquest of Nanyue
• 40 Trung sisters' revolt
• 671 Yijing studies at Srivijaya
• 825 Borobudur completed
• 938 Battle of Bach Dang
• 1025 Chola raid on Srivijaya
• 1113 Construction of Angkor Wat begins

Neighbours in Southeast Asia

• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE
• Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE
• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE
• Majapahit Empire c. 1293 to 1527 CE
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE
• Malacca Sultanate c. 1400 to 1511 CE
• Indonesia 1945 CE to the present
• Champa c. 192 to 1832 CE
• Pyu city-states c. 200 BCE to 1050 CE
• Bruneian Sultanate c. 1368 to 1888 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America

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