fall of Majapahit

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The fall of Majapahit marks the decline and eventual collapse in the late 15th to early 16th century of the last major Hindu-Buddhist empire in the Indonesian archipelago, paving the way for the rise of Islamic sultanates in the region.

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instanceOf historical event
political collapse
appliesTo Majapahit Empire
approximateDate circa 1478
circa early 1500s
associatedWith Nagarakretagama
surface form: Nagarakretagama tradition

Pararaton chronicle
follows Gajah Mada
surface form: Gajah Mada era

golden age of Majapahit
reign of Hayam Wuruk
hasCause decline of central authority
economic decline
expansion of Muslim coastal polities in Java
foreign pressure from emerging regional powers
internal dynastic conflicts
loss of control over vassal states
regional rebellions
rise of Islamic trading states
shift of trade routes to Malacca and other ports
succession disputes
hasLocation Indonesian archipelago
Java
Trowulan
involves Demak Sultanate
Girindrawardhana
Raden Patah
Wilis War
conflict between Daha and Trowulan factions
legacy formation of Javanese-Islamic courts
mythologization of Majapahit in modern Indonesian nationalism
persistence of Majapahit symbolism in later Javanese kingdoms
partOf history of Indonesia
history of Southeast Asia
precedes rise of Islamic sultanates in the Indonesian archipelago
rise of the Banten Sultanate
rise of the Cirebon Sultanate
rise of the Demak Sultanate
rise of the Mataram Sultanate
religiousContext Hindu-Buddhist tradition
spread of Islam in Java
significance end of the last major Hindu-Buddhist empire in the Indonesian archipelago
major turning point in Javanese political history
reshaping of maritime trade networks in the region
transition from Hindu-Buddhist to Islamic political dominance in Java
timePeriod early 16th century
late 15th century

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Brawijaya V associatedWith fall of Majapahit