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This week I have been researching some sources for the HI Project, and I found a lot of fun facts.I found that Singapore had traded with a lot of countries before the 1819, for examples: China, Sri Lankan, and more.These people had come Singapore before to trade and had left some awesome artefacts left!Like coins, porcelain and more!People also used a Road called 'Silk Road' to walk to travel to other countries to trade.The people mostly trade Silk and horses and that's why the name is called 'Silk Road'.But when people were trading on this road, there might be also robbers and thiefs ready to steal the goods so the I guess the Traders should be prepared to anything that is going to happen.I feel like trading in the past can even take months or even years to trade, and feel how the technology has improved our life now.I appreciate the things I have now.

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White and blue porcelain stem-cups from the 14th century, like the ones shown below, were recovered from Fort Canning. They are produced in China during the Yuan Dynasty.

Source:

TextBook

Source type:

Artefacts

Time period:

14th Century

Area of research:

Trade

Inference:

This shows that China people had come Singapore and traded these porcelian stem-cups.

Evidence:

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These Chinese coins were excavated from the parliament house complex and dated to the various dynasties in China.These are coins from Northern Song Dynasty and Tang Dynasty.

Source:

Museum

Source type:

Artefacts

Time period:

618-1127

Area of research:

Trade

Inference:

People from China had come to Singapore and trade before,if not China coins would not be here in Singapore.

Evidence:

Northern Song Dynasty coin
(Only can put 1 picture on each slide so I didnt manage to put the Tang Dynasty coin picture

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The Silk Road or Silk Route was an ancient network of trade routes that were for centuries central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the East and West and stretching from the Korean peninsula[1] and Japan[2] to the Mediterranean Sea.[3]

While the term is of modern coinage, the Silk Road derives its name from the lucrative trade in silk (and horses) carried out along its length, beginning during the Han dynasty (207 BCE – 220 CE). The Han dynasty expanded Central Asian sections of the trade routes around 114 BCE, largely through missions and explorations of the Chinese imperial envoy, Zhang Qian.[4] The Chinese took great interest in the safety of their trade products and extended the Great Wall of China to ensure the protection of the trade route.[5]

Source:

Internet

Source type:

Pictorial

Time period:

207-220

Area of research:

Trade

Inference:

People long ago used the Silk Road to go other places to trade with other countries.They often trade silk and horses and it started during the Han Dynasty.

Evidence:
The Silk Road or Silk Route was an ancient network of trade routes that were for centuries central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the East and West and stretching from the Korean peninsula[1] and Japan[2] to the Mediterranean Sea.[3]

While the term is of modern coinage, the Silk Road derives its name from the lucrative trade in silk (and horses) carried out along its length, beginning during the Han dynasty (207 BCE – 220 CE).

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These coins are similar to the ones shown below were found at the Parliament House complex near the Singapore River.An image of the Buddha can be seen on most of the coins.

Source:

Internet

Source type:

Artefact

Time period:

In the 13th Century

Area of research:

Trade

Inference:

Singapore had traded with Sri Lanka in the 13th Century as there were Sri Lanka coins found in Singapore.

Evidence:

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The goods obtained from trade red gold, blue satin, cotton prints, Chu porcelian, iron cauldron and similar items. Neither fine products nor rare objects come from here. All are obtained from trade with Quanzhou traders...

There are also pirates who launch frequent attacks on passing ships returning to China with goods. Sometimes the ships are fortunate to escape. Otherwise the crew are killed and the merchandise quickly taken from them...

In recent years, the Xian people came with 70-odd junks and raided Dan Ma Xi and attacked the city moat. The town resisted for a month, closing the gates and defending itself. The Xian people dared not assault the town...

Source:

Secondary 1 TextBook  History (pg 66)

Source type:

Written

Time period:

14th Century

Area of research:

Trade

Inference:

Singapore had traded with Quanzhou before in the 14th Century.

Evidence:

The goods obtained from trade red gold blue cotton prints, Chu porcelian, iron cauldron and similar items. All are obtained from trade with Quanzhou traders...