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EP. 0 - THE PREFACE

Updated: Dec 24, 2022

EPISODE SYNOPSIS:

So much of who we are is where we have been. History may not seem all that important in this modern world but as we venture into a future unknown, it influences us individually in ways we cannot always conceive.


In The Story of Singapore, we will discover the rich tapestry of our Singaporean heritage, from backwater kingdom to economic miracle.


 


REFERENCES:

• Brown, C. C. (1952). The Malay Annals. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 25 (2/3 (159)), 5-276.

• Cortesão, A. (Ed.). (2005). The Suma Oriental of Tome Pires and the Book of Franciso Rodrigues (Vol. 2). Asian Educational Services.

• Cox, M. P., Nelson, M. G., Tumonggor, M. K., Ricaut, F.-X., & Sudoyo, H. (2012). A small cohort of Island Southeast Asian women founded Madagascar. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279(1739), 2761-2768. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.0012

• Heng, D. (2020, July 1). Sang Nila Utama: Separating Myth from Reality. BiblioAsia. https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/vol-16/issue-2/jul-sep-2020/sangnila

• Hsü, Y.-T. (1972). Singapore in the Remote Past. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 45(1 (221)), 1-9.

• Johan, K. (1999). The Undang-Undang Melaka: Reflections on Malay society in fifteenth-century Malacca. Journal of Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 72(2), 131-150.

• Miksic, J. N. (2013). Singapore & the Silk Road of the Sea, 1300-1800. NUS Press.

• Munoz, P. M. (2006). Early Kingdoms of the Indonesian Archipelago and the Malay Peninsula. Editions Didier Millet.

• Turnbull, C. M. (2020). A History of Modern Singapore, 1819-2005. NUS Press.

• Wade, G. (n.d.-a). Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu: an open access resource. NUS E-Press. Retrieved August 9, 2022, from http://www.epress.nus.edu.sg/msl/reign/yong-le/year-1-month-10-day-13

• Wade, G. (n.d.-b). Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu: an open access resource. NUS E-Press. Retrieved August 9, 2022, from http://www.epress.nus.edu.sg/msl/reign/yong-le/year-9-month-7-day-25

• Wright, N. H. (2017). William Farquhar and Singapore: Stepping out from Raffles' Shadow. Entrepot Publishing.


The list above is still being continuously updated.




THEME MUSIC:

The theme music of this podcast is composed by Omar Chakor.


 


ABOUT THE PODCAST:

The Story of Singapore is a history podcast created by Mario Teng, tracing the historical and political developments of Singapore, from a backwater kingdom in the 1300s to an economic miracle by the turn of the 21st century.


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Much of the early history of Singapore has been lost to time. We begin the story of Singapore from its mythical origins. Strangely enough...

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