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Beneath the modern skyscrapers of Singapore lie the remains of a much older trading port, prosperous and cosmopolitan and a key node in the maritime Silk Road. This book synthesizes 25 years of archaeological research to reconstruct the 14th-century port of Singapore in greater detail than is possible for any other early Southeast Asian city. The picture that emerges is of a port where people processed raw materials, used money, and had specialized occupations. Within its defensive wall, the city was well organized and prosperous, with a cosmopolitan population that included residents from China, other parts of Southeast Asia, and the Indian Ocean. Fully illustrated, with more than 300 maps and color photos, 'Singapore and the Silk Road of the Sea' presents Singapore's history in the context of Asia's long-distance maritime trade in the years between 1300 and 1800: it amounts to a dramatic new understanding of Singapore's pre-colonial past.
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9789971695743 | Singapore Univ Pr, November 30, 2013, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: Beneath the modern skyscrapers of Singapore lie the remains of a much older trading port, prosperous and cosmopolitan and a key node in the maritime Silk Road.
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9789971695583 | Singapore Univ Pr, November 30, 2013, cover price $48.00
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9789798926280 | Tuttle Pub, September 10, 2012, cover price $19.95
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9780810875685 | Scarecrow Pr, February 28, 2010, cover price $38.00
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9789814260138 | Editions Didier Millet, February 1, 2010, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Focusing primarily on the Classical Period (800?
Product Description: Anyone who has seen the stunning ruins at Angkor, Bagan, and Barabudur will readily understand why Southeast Asia is the host of so many United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization World Heritage Sites. As beautiful as the spiraling towers, intricate carvings, and delicate bas-reliefs adorning these monuments are, however, they just barely scratch the surface of the immense historical and cultural heritage of the region...read more
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9780810855229 | Scarecrow Pr, February 28, 2007, cover price $146.00 | About this edition: Anyone who has seen the stunning ruins at Angkor, Bagan, and Barabudur will readily understand why Southeast Asia is the host of so many United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization World Heritage Sites.
Product Description: Many books have been written about Singapores much vaunted position as a crucial maritime center along the East-West trading route. But one aspect of its history the military perspective has, for the most part, escaped serious scholarly attention...read more
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9789812103765 | Marshall Cavendish Intl, June 1, 2004, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: Many books have been written about Singapores much vaunted position as a crucial maritime center along the East-West trading route.
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9789971692711 | Singapore Univ Pr, September 1, 2003, cover price $49.00
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