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(Jayden)
(economic) We can conclude that Singapore, before 1819 was already a well connected and successful trading port due to its geographical location, many ships would pass through, and it was a haven for the pirates out at sea. This can be deduced as many artefacts from various countries were discovered during the history. (cultural) Singapore had different lifestyles and cultural practices as people from all over the world would come to Singapore to work and settle down. Traders from other countries would trade with Singaporeans to either to gain or to exchange their culture from one another until now that Singapore had many good relations economically or culturally hence, having us growing into a modern city that is a multi cultural place.

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CONCLUSION OF HOW SINGAPORE WAS LIKE IN THE 1819s

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CONCLUSION OF HOW SINGAPORE WAS LIKE IN THE 1819s

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(Jayden)
The early history of Singapore refers to its pre-colonial era before 1819, when the British East India Company led by Sir Stamford Raffles established a trading settlement on the island and set in motion the history of Singapore.

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SINGAPORE BUSINESS WAS SUCCESSFUL  AND HAD MANY ECONOMIC CONNECTIONS WITH THE WORLD BEFORE 1819 

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SINGAPORE BUSINESS WAS SUCCESSFUL  AND HAD MANY ECONOMIC CONNECTIONS WITH THE WORLD BEFORE 1819 

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(Ian)
The sources from ‘infogram’ tells us that Singapore had connections with countries like china, india and other parts of south east asia

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(Ian)
Singapore has many relations with other countries as they would sail pass Singapore's port and Singapore would profit as traders and merchants would stop by. hence Singapore would have made with a lot of countries

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Economically, Singapore at that period of time businesses were flourishing due to the fact that Traders,merchants,businessmen would come to Singapore to earn money, by doing that we would also profit by having what they own

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(Ian)
Thus Singapore has many advantages from the successful connections as Singapore would benefit from the trades, earning different types of foods, spices, materials, medicine to cure sickness etc.

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(Jia Songlin)

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An early settlement on the island, called Temasek, had been visited regularly by Chinese merchants, and later the settlement came under the rule of the far-reaching Srivijaya Empire (9th-13th c. A.D.), which was based in Palembang in Sumatra. It was the Sri Vijaya who named the island Singapura, or Lion City, after its leader claimed to have seen a lion on its shores. However, the Srivijayas were eventually overtaken by a neighbouring power, the java-based Majapahits.

I can infer from the source that Singapore was ruled by Srivijaya Empire from 9th-13th century, and eventually overtaken by Majapahits.

From the source, it tells me that Singapore was under the rule of Srivijaya Empire and its ruler had named the island Singapura or Lion City.

I chose this source because it had showed how Singapore had been ruled during 9th-13th century and later.

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By the 14th century, the empire of Srivijaya had already declined, and Singapore was caught in the struggle between Siam (now Thailand) and the Java-based Majapahit Empire for control over the Malay Peninsula. According to the Malay Annals, Singapore was defeated in one Majapahit attack. The last king, Sultan Iskandar Shah ruled the island for several years, before being forced to Melaka where he founded the Sultanate of Malacca. Portuguese sources however indicated that Temasek was a Siamese vassal whose ruler was killed by Parameswara (thought to be the same person as Sultan Iskandar Shah) from Palembang, and Parameswara was then driven to Malacca, either by the Siamese or the Majapahit, where he founded the Malacca Sultanate. Modern archaeological evidence suggests that the settlement on Fort Canning was abandoned around this time, although a small trading settlement continued in Singapore for some time afterwards.

The Malacca Sultanate extended its authority over the island and Singapore became a part of the Malacca Sultanate. However, by the time the Portuguese arrived in the early 16th century, Singapura had already become "great ruins" according to Alfonso de Albuquerque. In 1511, the Portuguese seized Malacca; the sultan of Malacca escaped south and established the Johor Sultanate, and Singapore then became part of the sultanate. The Portuguese however destroyed the settlement in Singapore in 1613, and the island sank into obscurity for the next two centuries.

source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Singapore#Ancient_Singapore

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https://infogram.com/what-was-singapore-like-before-1819-1gdk8pdry4qkmq0

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singapore had trade connections with other countries, for example china and India as if China hd to sail to India they had to pass through Singapore's port. The same for India.

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https://peaceandtransquility.blogspot.com/2014/10/history-of-singapore-time-before-1819.html?m=1

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(Ian)
after looking at the source above. we can conclude that Singapore had good relations with the other countries. Although the inscription on the stone was yet to be deciphered.

The stone dated back to the 10th century to the 14th century

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ANCIENT CHINESE GOLD COINS

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(Ian)
This source suggests that the coins were used here in Singapore for payment, a form of economic activity, in the 14th-15th centuries and with the presence of economic activity between Singapore and China, Singapore shared an economic connection with China in the 14th-15th centuries.

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we can than infer that singapore had a prosperous relations with other countries  as artefacts that was found was mainly from other countries hence concluding that it gas a well driven relations between singapore and the other countries

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The source above shows us the singapore shared a economic connection with china as Chinese designs are painted or inscripted onto the cup.

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we can infer that during the 9th century to the 13th century was being ruled by the Sri vijayan price called SANG NILA UTAMA. then towards the 14 century, the kingdom of Sri vijaya was dwindling   hence, leaving singapore in a struggle

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( jayden )
source 1 : gold ornaments with Kali, an Indian god, carved out on it.

We can infer from this source that Temesak had strong relations to the  more specifically the Javanese. This is seen as the Javas brought their culture, being the carved ornament to Temasek as it had been found here in Singapore.

This means that the people from Java wanted to spread their strong beliefs of Kali or religion to the people in Singapore. Therefore, Singapore had a cultural connection with Indonesia before 1819 as the people from Java influenced the people in Singapore. ( paragraph and picture taken from https://www.google.com.sg/amp/s/highprotocolgp1.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/what-was-singapore-like-before-1819/amp/ )