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Singapore & the Silk Road of the sea, 1300-1800 /
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 twenty-five years of archaeological research to reconstruct the 14th-century port of Singapore in greater detail than...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
NUS Press, National University of Singapore : National Museum of Singapore,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 twenty-five years of archaeological research to reconstruct the 14th-century port of Singapore in greater detail than is possible for other early Southeast Asian cities. 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, this book presents Singapore's history in the context of Asia's long-distance maritime trade in the years between 1300 and 1800. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (1 PDF (ix, 491 pages)) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-481) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789971697006 9971697009 9789971695583 9971695588 997169574X 9789971695743 |