Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Pre-1819 SG
- Timeline
- 14th Century
- War and Tributes
- END- fall of
Temasek
- Temasek Port City
- Demand for goods from Temasek
and Southeast Asia
- Unique items like Horn
casques, lakawood etc.
- potential of trade
recognised
- clear trade links with trade route
- 15th century
- Decline of Temasek-taken over by
Melaka
- Two conflicting accounts, between Portuguese and Parameswara
- Portuguese won, causing
Parameswara to abandon Temasek
- Fief of the Melakan Sultans
- home base of warriors of
the Melaka communities
- secondary port serving Melaka
- 16th-17th centuries
- 1511- Melaka fell to the portuguese
- Kallang River Basin : centre
of trade, base of harbour
masters
- Sources
- Malay Annals
- aka. Sejarah Melayu
- activities of Melaka's
Sultans
- Singapore known
as Temasek
- Founded by Sang
Nila Utama
- commissioned by Malay Royal court
- Limitations
- LIterary language used frequently
- e.g "Nobody durst reside on the shore, but fled in consternation
in every direction from the dread of the destruction"
- Importance
- First recorded
source to discuss
the founding of
Singapura.
- Political aspect
(Melakan rulers and
relationship with
Singapura)
addressed.
- Chinese Records
- Written by Wang
Dayuan, Chinese
Merchant from China in
14th century
- aka. Dao Yi Zhi Lve
- Account of Maritime trade
in Asia and the travel
experiences of Chinese
traders
- Reported on
Longyamen
- Detailed desciption
of settlement on Fort
Canning Hill
- Artifacts
- physical evidence of
trading city as early as
14th century
- Singapore
Stone
- Archaeological
Excavations
- 1st - Fort Canning Hill
- Others include: St.
Andrews Cathearal,
Padang, old parliment
house etc.