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Wikipedia Google Images National Museum Trip ( thanks mrs bala ) Singapore's history before 1819 (book) Singapore - A 700 year history From early Emporium to World City (book by Kuo Chang Guan ,Derrick Wong and Tan Tei Yang ) History textbook and file AND all websites that was mentioned on our posts. Thanks for allowing us to do this project - group 7

Word Document

Singapore before 1819 ( done by group 7 : Germaine , Natalie ,Suraj , Nicholas ) Introduction Singapore before 1819 was a prosperous and thriving trading port and it was a third world country. The thriving trading port was a settlement established in the island Singapore by the British. The island was controlled by different kingdoms in Southeast Asia including the Siamese, Javanese, from the 14th century and the Sultanate of Johor from the 16th century. Political Aspect Due to its prosperity in trade and its growing economy, it aroused the jealousy of neighboring countries and they started trying to take over Singapore, and one of them, the Majapahit kingdom, broke through Singapore’s high level of defense in 1398 and therefore taking over Singapore temporarily. Economic Aspect Singapore before 1819 was a prosperous and thriving trading port. Traders from other countries like China brought in goods to Singapore for trading purposes. For example, Chinese porcelain items were traded in from China and ceramics from Thai kilns entered the trade market. Coins were also used for payments. Social Aspect For Social Aspect, Singapore before the 18th century had and was a trading port. All the valued goods traded such as ornaments , spices , food and cloth , it aroused a lot of attention from other traders thus this caused good relations between the people in Singapore during that period of time and people of neighboring countries. Political / Social / Economic Aspect Singapore before 1819 had a very prosperous trade industry which aroused the jealousy of other kingdoms which lead to war and foreign occupation. From these foreign influences from other people of other cultures there were many people of many different cultures living in Singapore before 1819. Conclusion Our Group can conclude that Singapore during that time frame was popular and more or less the best trading port in the entire world. It is not only a fishing village where everyone thought it was. It was more than that , it was a popular trading port that aroused traders attention. (342 words)

GROUP REFLECTION

Our group reflection : this allows us to expand our knowledge on Singapore's past , the history before 1819 and what makes Singapore such an amazing country today.We learned about who founded it and how it was founded. We learnt the reason for Singapore being a prosperous trading port and we learnt more about Singapore's history.Well, we learnt about Singapore and our past. We get to have more knowledge about it and can proudly tell foreigners about our rich past time.Singapore had been ruled by countless rulers and was a wealthy place that aroused other rulers' jealousy , thus also turning it into a pirates' haven. Through this project, we have more interest in the subject. Additionally, we got more bonded and got to know more about one another.Doing this project strives us to learn more and get deeper in to this subject. Hopefully ,this newly gained knowledge is able to help us succeed in the future.Thank you for this experience. :) ( 163 words )

Political/Economical/Cultural(Suraj Singh Gill (34) 1R4)

Artist impression of Parmeswara,the last ruler of Singapura who fled when the Majapahit Kingdom launched a naval invasion against it in 1398.He fled to the Bertam river, where he set up a new kingdom, the Malacca Sultanate.

Chinese pottery, a sign that Singapore before 1819 had trade relations with China.

coins from Sri Lanka which had Buddha's images on them showing that Singapore before 1819 had been influenced by Sri Lanka's culture.

Cultural Connections // Singapore before 1819 By Ng Shi Qing Elizabeth Natalie

Culture : it consists of activities such as the arts and philosophy , which are considered to be important for the development of civilisation and of people's minds. Key Point 1: The Culture in Singapore before 1819 was that it was a prosperous trading port where people from neighbouring countries or and from all over world came about to trade goods and where all cultures come together.like for example : this golden armlet , Chinese coins and the Chinese stem cup in the pictures. Supporting details : From examining the sources , the golden armlet found at fort canning MAY be used to trade for food or even gold and can be traded by the javanese Source : Artefact ( textual )

title: Taken and found at National Museum , Date done : 5/9/14

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Economic Connections // Singapore before 1819 by Germaine Ng Yi Ning

Temasek before 1819 was a prosperous trading port. People from other countries like China and Malaysia came to Singapore for trading purposes. Due to the flourishing trading port, there were wars around Temasek as pirates was jealous and they wanted to loot goods from traders. Key Point: Chinese brass coins, porcelain compass, ceramics shows Temasek's economic connections.

Title: Chinese coins found at Fort Canning Hill Site Accessed: http://lovaticshiproject.blogspot.sg/ Date of post: 24 March 2014

Title: Chinese "Compass" Bowl Site Accessed: http://www.worldoftemasek.com/index.php/article/archaeology Date Accessed: 5 September 2014

found in National Museum date: 5 August 2014

Political Connection // singapore before 1819 by Nicholas Chia

Source type: Artefact Key point :Singapore is being attacked by the majapahit. Supporting details from analysis of the sources:The carving displays majapahit warriors in Fort Canning fighting through our defence using spears as weapons in 1398 as weapons.