Yeah, well, nearly every culture in the story does have a real-world analogue, which meant I needed to have some clue about those cultures. At least as a starting place -- and then I found out just how rich and complex a tapestry was Southeast Asia in the early modern era, and I couldn't stop reading. It just kind of spidered out from there...
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Date: 25 Mar 2014 04:02 am (UTC)