Singapore & the Silk Road of the Sea 1300-1800 Author_Lorraine Tan Time Out Singapore

Time Out Singapore

Sharon gives the millions who make up the Malaysian diaspora a vicarious means of going home

these stories brim with nuanced observations of people in a crisis of identity

he is also the founding editor of LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction (2012–2018)

Born in 1930 in Pasir Panjang

Singapore & the Silk Road of the Sea 1300-1800 Author_Lorraine Tan Time Out SingaporeBeneath the modern skyscrapers of Singapore lie the remains of a much older trading port, prosperous and cosmopolitan and a key node in the maritime Silk Road. This book synthesizes 25 years of archaeological research to construct the 14th century port of Singapore in greater detail than is possible for any other Southeast Asian city. The picture that emerges is of a port where people processed raw materials, used money, and had specialized