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northern Vietnam, but belonged to the independent Hindu Kingdom of Champa. The
Cham were seafaring people and controlled the trade of spices and silk between East
Asia, India, Indonesia and the Arab world from the 7th to 10th century. They also
produced and exported ceramics. The Pandanan shipwreck of the 15th century carried
thousands of Cham monochrome ceramics. The Kingdom of Champa ended tragically
with the conquest of its capital Vijaya in 1471. At least 60,000 Cham people were
killed and 30,000 were taken as slaves by the Vietnamese army.
The history of the production and use of ceramics is a history of trade – an early
form of globalization. Many commodities have been exported and imported between
East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe: textiles, metals,
paper, jade, spices, tea, wood, animals, and even slaves and drugs. However, only
ceramics were able by the hand-made nature to represent the culture of the place of its
origin and to integrate the culture of the place of destination. Therefore, ceramics
were able to become the ambassador of taste and art, and to facilitate the exchange
between people and countries.
Table 3: Main ceramic export periods

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