GEOG 352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jackson Plan, Scale-Invariant Feature Transform, Masjid Sultan
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Mentioned in chinese and mongol histories form 14th centuries as a trading post. Late 14th century struggles between sultanate of malacca and siam (thailand) Destroyed by portuguese in 1511 and island forgotten" for 2 centuries (first european countries to go further and colonize) > first to go around the horn of africa forgotten because colonial powers took over. Big trading companies that were running ships between asia etc. Forgotten in the global context of trade until the 17-18 century. Jackson plan 1822 designated residence for malay and arab (discrimination lines divided according to ethnic groups) Complete independence form any colonial rule > still many ethnic issues. Arab connection in terms of trade is mostly forgotten. Use of signapore as a port (cities in the past grew up with having a purpose) because of security and beliefs (because of trade really) Not quite halfway between arabian peninsula and eastern part of asia.
