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MALAYSIA:
The history of Malaysia is a relatively recent offshoot of the history of
the wider Malay-Indonesian world. Culturally and linguistically,
there was until recent times little to distinguish the territories
which now constitute Malaysia from the lands of the
Malay Archipelago. Today the Malay world is divided into six
states - Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei and East Timor – largely as the result of outside influences. |
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Malaysia’s geographical position places it between the great
civilizations. To the west are Hindu India, the Islamic Middle East and Christian
Europe. To the north-east are China and Japan. The shipping routes from China to the west pass through
the region, and the most direct route passes through the Strait of Malacca. This has made Malaysia a natural meeting
place of trade routes and cultures, something which has brought the area great wealth, but has also made it difficult for the
Malay peoples to resist foreign influence and domination.
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Ancient Malaysia -
Negrito aborigines are considered to be one of the first
groups of people to inhabit the Malaysian peninsula.
When the Proto-Malays, made up of seafarers and farmers,
came to the peninsula they sent the Negritos into the
jungles and hills. The Proto-Malays came from China and
were technologically advanced, especially in comparison
to the Negritos. After the Proto-Malays came the
Deutero-Malays, which were made up of many different
people - Arabs, Chinese, Indians, Proto-Malays, and
Siamese. The Deutero-Malays were proficient in
their use of iron and when they united with Indonesians,
they combined to make up the people known today as the
Malay.
Hindu Kingdom - 100 BC - 1400 AD - During this period,Malaysia's culture changed dramatically with the arrival
of Indians. Indians initially went to the Malaysian peninsula in search of a mystical place known as the "Land
of Gold." Although the places in Malaysia may not have been what they were looking for, they didn't leave, but
continued to arrive in search of gold, spices and aromatic wood. In addition to trade (with goods), the
Indians introduced Hinduism and Buddhism to the peninsula, thus bringing temples and other cultural
traditions from India. As a result, local kings in Malaysia combined what they considered to be the best
aspects of India's government with their own structure, thus resulting in "Indianised kingdoms."
Today, the Indian influences can best be seen in a traditional Malay wedding ceremony, which is similar to
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Colonial Malaysia - 1511 AD - 1957 AD - Malacca's power and success was quickly extinguished with the
arrival of the Portuguese in 1511. Since the Arabians weren't
allowing vessels piloted by non-Muslims into their harbors, the
Europeans realized they needed a trading port of their own. Thus
bringing about capture of Malacca and it's harbor. After
conquering Malacca, the Portuguese built an immense fort which in
turn was captured by the Dutch in 1641. In 1785, the British,
who needed a port for their ships to dock while in route to China,
persuaded the Sultan of Kedah to let them build a fort on Penang.
After the French conquered the Netherlands in 1795, the Dutch
allowed England to oversee the port of Malacca rather than turn it
over the the French. This was the first in a series of "swaps" to
and from each country regarding this area. Eventually, although
it was finally given to Britain in a trade, the Dutch were the
main controllers of the region. With the establishment of a port
in Singapore, the British colonies (Malacca, Penang, and Singapore) came to be known as the Straits Settlements.
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