And with it, so did Srivijaya.

斯里维贾亚也随之而来。

And that’s exactly what happened, to such an extent that a powerful merchant state called Srivijaya rose up on Sumatra.

这正是发生的事情，以至于一个强大的商业国家 Srivijaya 在苏门答腊崛起。

And for a while, Srivijaya dominated trade in the region, because there were so many ships going through the Strait of Malacca to and from China.

有一段时间，三佛齐主导了该地区的贸易，因为有太多的船只通过马六甲海峡进出中国。

This brings up a key point about Indian Ocean Trade, which is that it was indispensable to the creation of certain city states, like Srivijaya and the city states of the Swahili Coast.

这就引出了印度洋贸易的一个关键点，那就是它对于某些城邦的创建是不可或缺的， 例如三佛齐和斯瓦希里海岸的城邦。