Zusammenfassung der Ressource
SS exam (NYPS 4L) Part 1
- Evidence of SG before 1819
- Sejarah Melayu is a
legendary account of Malay
Golden age
- First major trading port
- Provides setting for many myths
- Malay Annals written in 1600s
Anmerkungen:
- * is probably more myth than history
- Singapore was a thriving trading
centre under Sang Utama
- Attracted attention of Majahapit
and then he fled to Melaka
- Account by Wang Da Yuan
- Malays Chinese & Orang Lauts
Anmerkungen:
- Orang Lauts live in houseboats
- Saw many traders and ships
- Ships had to pass through
narrow passage named "Dragon's
Teeth Gate"
- Describes SG as exotic,
famous, frequented by
traders, Chinese and piracy
- Singapore Stone
- A large fragment of sandstone
originally at the mouth of SG river
- Dates back to possibly as
early as 10th or 11th century
- Artefacts
- 1000-year-old coins
- Discovered at Parliament House
- More than 100 Chinese coins
- From 1023 to 1032
- Probably for daily use
- Found in 1996
- Porcelain
- From Ming dynasty (1405 - 1430
- Discovered at Empress Palace
- Found in 1998
- Glass bangles
- Found in 1990
- Discovered at Fort Canning
- From 1400s
- Made from melted glass
- Made in China but not found in China