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The Legend You Thought You Knew: Text and Screen Representations of Puteri Gunung Ledang [PDF]
, 2010 This article traces the evolution of narratives about the supernatural woman said to live on Gunung Ledang, from oral folklore to sixteenth-century courtly texts to contemporary films.
Hijjas, Mulaika
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Diplomatic devices : the social lives of foreign timepieces in late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Japan [PDF]
, 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
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Jurnal Sejarah Citra Lekha, 2023 This article examines the continuity and changes of the Timorese slave trade network from the traditional era to the late nineteenth-century Dutch colonial state. Archival records, newspapers, and other literature were used extensively to reconstruct the
Fanada Sholihah +2 more
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Architectural style of dawah mosque in Malaysia: from vernacular to modern structures [PDF]
, 2016 The main purpose of this paper is to document the development phases of da’wah mosque architectural style in Malaysia from pre to post - independence era. Throughout Islamic history in many Muslim and non - Muslim countries,
Baharudin, Nurul 'Athiqah +1 more
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Macau, Bali and the Malay World: A Gastronomic Perspective
Jurnal Kajian Bali (Journal of Bali Studies)Macau’s location on the South China Sea suggests that any syncretic activity would have been of Sinitic-Portuguese variety. However, the situation is rather more nuanced, as the culture of the Macanese people, who consider themselves the ‘sons of the ...
Annabel Jackson +2 more
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Demak Sultanate: The Fortress of Islamic Greatness in the Middle Ages Java Island
Buletin Al-Turas, 2021 This article focused on the Demak Sultanate as a stronghold of Islamic greatness in Java island in the Middle Ages. The research used a qualitative method with historical approaches and policy theories.
Abdul Wahid Hasyim
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Colonial origins of agglomeration: Evidence from Malayan rail stations
The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 221-246, February 2026.Abstract This study examines how historical rail stations condition long‐run development using Colonial Malaya as a laboratory. By constructing novel historical data on rail stations, agglomeration centres, tin mines, and rubber plantations dating back a century and matching contemporary data on economic activity at the 1‐km cell level, we find that ...
Yit Wey Liew +2 more
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A Green Energy Frontier Long in the Making: From Tin to Solar Power in the Riau Islands, Indonesia
Antipode, Volume 57, Issue 6, Page 2508-2532, November 2025.Abstract The Riau Islands in Indonesia, Southeast Asia are an emerging green energy frontier. This paper shows the long‐term making of this frontier. Through qualitative research, I trace colonial machinations for the capture of agrarian and mineral resources, postcolonial Cold War manoeuvres for the procurement of oil, and the contemporary quest for ...
Nikita Sud
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Slavery, Family and Childhood in the Portuguese Diaspora in Southeast Asia, 16th-17th Centuries
Ler HistóriaThe Portuguese communities in Asia were mainly concerned with maritime commerce, which required long periods on board. The families of most of these merchants resided on land, in cities such as Goa, Cochin, Malacca and Macao, and included numerous slaves
Isabel dos Guimarães Sá
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Preliminary thoughts upon the policies of the Ottoman State in the 16th century Indian Ocean [PDF]
, 2013 This article aims to sketch concisely about the relationships between the Ottomans and the Portuguese pertaining to the developments in the Indian Ocean in the first half of the 16th century. The purpose of the Portuguese Kingdom to establish hegemony in
Ozay, Mehmet
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