Why Did Singapore Become a Trading Hub?
In short: Singapore's rise as a trading hub draws on geography, a 14th-century emporium, colonial rule and later economic shifts, and historians still weigh where the story truly begins.
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Sources used in this film: Lim Tse Siang, Department of History, National University of Singapore (2012 thesis, hosted on Academia.edu), “14th Century Singapore: The Temasek Paradigm”; NUS Press / National University of Singapore (Southeast Asian Site Reports, SAMIS), “A Tale of Two Sites - Temasek in the Asian Maritime System - Southeast Asian Site Reports”; Academia.edu (uploaded copy of a scholarly article, 'Singapore: Its Growth as an Entrepot Port, 1819–1941'; the author and original journal are not named in the page text), “Singapore: Its Growth as an Entrepot Port, 1819–1941”; Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) institutional repository (article abstract), “The Anglo-Dutch Treaty 1824: Was the Partitioning of the Malay Archipelago Valid?”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Singapore | Facts, Geography, History, & Points of Interest | Britannica”; S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), staff publication listing for a book published by The National Archives of Singapore, “S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)”; National Library Board, Singapore (BiblioAsia journal; article by Tan Tai Yong), “Looking Back at 700 Years of Singapore”; NUS Press (National University of Singapore), “The Economic History of Singapore”; Cambridge University Press (Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, via Cambridge Core), “Metal production and social organisation in fourteenth-century Singapore | Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Cambridge Core”; Encyclopædia Britannica, “Singapore - British Colony, Trade Hub, Modern City | Britannica”.
Sources used in this film
- Lim Tse Siang, Department of History, National University of Singapore (2012 thesis, hosted on Academia.edu) — 14th Century Singapore: The Temasek Paradigm · View →
- NUS Press / National University of Singapore (Southeast Asian Site Reports, SAMIS) — A Tale of Two Sites - Temasek in the Asian Maritime System - Southeast Asian Site Reports · View →
- Academia.edu (uploaded copy of a scholarly article, 'Singapore: Its Growth as an Entrepot Port, 1819–1941'; the author and original journal are not named in the page text) — Singapore: Its Growth as an Entrepot Port, 1819–1941 · View →
- Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) institutional repository (article abstract) — The Anglo-Dutch Treaty 1824: Was the Partitioning of the Malay Archipelago Valid? · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Singapore | Facts, Geography, History, & Points of Interest | Britannica · View →
- S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), staff publication listing for a book published by The National Archives of Singapore — S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) · View →
- National Library Board, Singapore (BiblioAsia journal; article by Tan Tai Yong) — Looking Back at 700 Years of Singapore · View →
- NUS Press (National University of Singapore) — The Economic History of Singapore · View →
- Cambridge University Press (Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, via Cambridge Core) — Metal production and social organisation in fourteenth-century Singapore | Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Cambridge Core · View →
- Encyclopædia Britannica — Singapore - British Colony, Trade Hub, Modern City | Britannica · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Lim Tse Siang, Department of History, National University of Singapore (2012 thesis, hosted on Academia.edu): 14th Century Singapore: The Temasek Paradigm
- Also: NUS Press / National University of Singapore (Southeast Asian Site Reports, SAMIS): A Tale of Two Sites - Temasek in the Asian Maritime System - Southeast Asian Site Reports
- Also: Academia.edu (uploaded copy of a scholarly article, 'Singapore: Its Growth as an Entrepot Port, 1819–1941'; the author a: Singapore: Its Growth as an Entrepot Port, 1819–1941
- Also: Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) institutional repository (article abstract): The Anglo-Dutch Treaty 1824: Was the Partitioning of the Malay Archipelago Valid?
- Also: Singapore | Facts, Geography, History, & Points of Interest | Britannica
- Also: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), staff publication listing for a book published by The National Arc: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
- Also: National Library Board, Singapore (BiblioAsia journal; article by Tan Tai Yong): Looking Back at 700 Years of Singapore
- Also: NUS Press (National University of Singapore): The Economic History of Singapore
- Also: Cambridge University Press (Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, via Cambridge Core): Metal production and social organisation in fourteenth-century Singapore | Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Cambridge Core
- Also: Singapore - British Colony, Trade Hub, Modern City | Britannica
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