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Albuquerque at Malacca, 1511; Yermak in Siberia, 1582. The amphibious charge to global empires

open access: yesNuova Antologia Militare, 2022
The transformation of warfare in the Early Modern period, embodied in the concept of the military revolution, not only changed the face of combat and societies of belligerent nations, but the global military balance as well.
Vladimir Shirogorov
doaj   +1 more source

Thinking in Islands; the Portuguese Perception of the Indonesian Archipelago and Particularly of Sunda in Early Texts and Charts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This article discusses various early sources on the Indonesian archipelago. It starts with the status of knowledge before the first voyage of the Portuguese to the Moluccas from accounts of travellers to insular Southeast Asia in the Middle Ages and the ...
Langguth, S. (Svann)
core   +6 more sources

Portuguese folklore sung by Malaccan Kristang groups and the issue of decreolization

open access: yesJournal of Modern Languages, 2017
I do not wish to conduct a theoretical discussion of the notion of decreolization in this paper. Such work has been done by several authors who are much more knowledgeable in the field.
Mario Nunes
doaj   +14 more sources

Genomic analysis of the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) and the cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis) uncover polygenic signatures of reinforcement speciation

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2023., 2023
In this study, we use whole‐genome sequencing (WGS) of two closely related primate species that have experienced introgression in their history, the rhesus (Macaca mulatta) and cynomolgus (Macaca fascicularis) macaques, to identify genes exhibiting a pattern of reproductive character displacement consistent with reinforcement speciation. Using windowed
Nick Bailey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

EMI (English‐medium instruction) in Indonesian higher education

open access: yesWorld Englishes, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 424-446, September 2023., 2023
Abstract This article reports on the investigation of English‐medium instruction (EMI) in Indonesian higher education. Two separate but related studies were carried out. In Phase One, a mixed method approach using a questionnaire and interviews was used at a private university in Jakarta in order to gauge the responses of undergraduates studying a ...
Kingsley Bolton   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Living in Asia: the Dutch Settlement in the Seventeenth Century of Malacca and Ayutthaya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Sebagai akibat dari ekspansi besar VOC (Persekutuan Dagang Hindia Timur) di Asia administrasi Perusahaan multinasional pertama di dunia itu berkembang luar biasa.
Mulyasari, P. N. (Prima)
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Ethnic politics and ambivalent imaginaries of the future at the Melaka Straits

open access: yesSingapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Volume 44, Issue 1, Page 44-57, January 2023., 2023
This article examines the ambivalent relationship between members of the Portuguese‐Melakan Kristang minority and the state from the 1940s to the present day through the lens of ethnic politics. It reveals how ambivalent imaginaries of the future have shaped the politics of community members and what strategies they have used to assert their place ...
Monika Arnez
wiley   +1 more source

Maintenance of National Heritage Anglican Churches in Malaysia

open access: yesAdvances in Civil Engineering, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
This paper addresses the maintenance of National Heritage Anglican churches in Malaysia. A field survey is presented, describing the current defects of selected Anglican churches in Malaysia and proposing maintenance practices against the identified defects. The neglect in maintaining Anglican churches is alarming.
Wee Fhong Ow   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Importance of Learning Islamic History and Civilization of Malaysia in the Building of Human Capital and Identity of the Muslim Society in Malaysia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The purpose of this research is to study the importance of learning Islamic History and Civilization in Malaysia for human capital building and identification of the muslim society in Malaysia.
Jianlin Han (1408810)   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Diplomatic devices : the social lives of foreign timepieces in late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Japan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The present paper explores the social lives of European timepieces as a particular set of objects in late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Japan, when the archipelago first encountered the “Southern Barbarians” from Portugal and Spain.
Koch, Angelika
core   +2 more sources

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