Why was Madagascar settled by far-flung Austronesian seafarers?
Upvote:1
(Instead of commenting, which can get lengthy, especially with questions, I thought it best to deliver this in the format of an answer.)
Issue: The answer does not fit the question. Given that OP has accepted the answer, makes me hesitant whether to edit the question or comment on the accepted answer.
Explanation: If the question was "How did Austronesians arrive in Madagascar?", the accepted answer might fit the bill. On the other hand, if OP really is asking "why" (i.e. an ultimate cause), I think more context is required.
In fact, even the how aspect leaves out agency of Austronesians, as if oceanic navigation skills at such an early period was normal. They were not. This very recent 2017 Oxford Research Encyclopedia entry explains the feat, i.e. shipbuilding and navigation skills.
Just in case anyone is really looking for the why and not the how of the migration of Southeast Borneo culture to Madagascar, the short answer is trade during 1st millennium CE between Insular Southeast Asia and Indian sub-continent and eastern Africa, namely, Indian Ocean trade.
According to most recent genomic data, this was during early 10th century, at the height of Srivijayan influence as a trading empire.
On genomic data and analysis: Malagasy Genetic Ancestry Comes from an Historical Malay Trading Post in Southeast Borneo (2016).
Upvote:7
Polynesian navigators made good use of ocean winds and currents. When following the Indian Ocean Gyre, the most logical way to arrive to Madagascar is from the East:
If you look up the South Pacific Gyre, you'll notice a similar pathway to New Zealand from the Polynesian triangle. Also, on the topic of the question mark to the right side of your map, the Incan had (Polynesian) chicken before Europeans arrived.
More post
- 📝 Did the Soviet Union know when DEFCON levels changed?
- 📝 When did the concept of compassion for the handicapped become commonly accepted in the USA?
- 📝 Were there Samurai equivalents in Korea or China?
- 📝 What were the limitations on possession of wealth in Soviet Russia and how were they enforced?
- 📝 Were there weapons that a private citizen could not legally own in 1789 in the US?
- 📝 Is there a proper title for a woman betrothed to a king?
- 📝 Was there a US state where video games were banned by accident?
- 📝 Was there social pressure among whites for slave owners to trade their slaves north in the 1850s?
- 📝 Did Watt or another inventor have a dream about ball bearings?
- 📝 Is there any truth to my family's story about "Cooper's Pie Wagon"?
- 📝 Are modern day Egyptians the genetic descendants of Ancient Egyptians?
- 📝 Where was the operation Market Garden UK planning headquarters?
- 📝 Did any of the bystanders express their reactions after realizing that they'd experienced the death of Antoni Gaudí?
- 📝 How were the Morisco refugees from Europe received in North Africa, given that they were foreigners and Christian?
- 📝 Who is this particular inventor from XIX century?
- 📝 Has anyone scanned ancient structures with x-rays or similar? And if so, were any major discoveries made by doing so?
- 📝 What plane would have been used to airdrop someone into occupied Europe?
- 📝 What was Poland's posture during the Seven Years' War?
- 📝 Where can I find primary sources on mortars/artillery in world war one?
- 📝 Why was A.K.Gastev purged in 1939?
- 📝 Why did Sparta turn on its ally Elis during the First Macedonian War?
- 📝 Did Sun Tzu's "Art of War" influence Napoleon's philosophy of war and strategy?
- 📝 When is the Cumaean Temple to Apollo dated?
- 📝 Why wasn't Angelica Schuyler in danger in London despite supporting revolution?
- 📝 Did a war occured because one country did not want the other to be strong?
- 📝 What would the style of wanted posters be in 1500's
- 📝 What attempts were made to limit Roman-era water pressure/flow 'theft' by code, pipe length, and expanders and by whom?
- 📝 Is "Friends, Romans, ..." a historical speech?
- 📝 What alternative locations were considered for the United Nations?
- 📝 Were some categories of French-Jewish people treated better by Vichy anti-Jewish laws
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Why was Madagascar settled by far-flung Austronesian seafarers?
- 📝 Why did Hitler attack the Soviet Union when he was still busy fighting the United Kingdom?
- 📝 Why was France granted an equal status among victors of World War II?
- 📝 Why did archery not make a comeback when armor was phased out in the 18th century?
- 📝 Why was Poland spared from the Black Death?
- 📝 Why China was able to unify and not Europe?
- 📝 Why Were Madagascar and New Zealand Discovered So Late?
- 📝 Why was Africa colonized last of the continents in the Age of Discovery?
- 📝 Why was Britain willing to return Hong Kong but not Gibraltar?
- 📝 Why was Spanish Fascist dictatorship left in power after World War II?
- 📝 Why was the Scout movement so successful?
- 📝 Why was the Council of Nicea held in Nicea rather than Rome or Constantinople?
- 📝 Why was it "acceptable" for Prince Charles to marry a divorced woman, when Edward VIII had to abdicate for marrying divorcee Wallis Simpson?
- 📝 Why was World War I ended on Nov 11 11:00, rather than immediately upon signing the armistice?
- 📝 Why did the Germans use the Enigma machine rather than the far superior "Lorenz" cipher machine?
- 📝 In the Soviet Union, why was the Cheka renamed so many times?
- 📝 Why was "leaping into the river" a valid trial outcome to prove one's innocence?
- 📝 Why was the Japanese Army's fatalities inflicted:suffered ratio so low in the Pacific theatre?
- 📝 Why was capturing the south of Okinawa necessary?
- 📝 Why were the drawings of Colossus burnt after WW2 and why was its very existence "of course" kept secret?
- 📝 Why was there a surge in the US incarceration rate during the 1990s?
- 📝 Why was the Treaty of Versailles so harsh?
- 📝 Why was no Nobel Prize for Literature awarded in 1935?
- 📝 If the Ch’in dynasty was so short-lived, why was China named for it?
- 📝 Why was Switzerland not attacked during the two World Wars?
- 📝 Why was sugar cultivation more profitable in the Caribbean/Brazil than West Africa?
- 📝 Why was Germany not as successful as other Europeans in establishing overseas colonies?
- 📝 Why was PTSD not written about as much before the 20th century?
- 📝 Why was Kaliningrad placed under the Russian SFSR rather than the Lithuanian SSR?
- 📝 Why was the Roman Empire considered an empire rather than a kingdom (again)?