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Books 129 & 130 of 2025: Elephants and Gunpowder: Southeast Asian Warfare 1380-1700, by Stephen Turnbull; What God Took Your Legs Away, by Wahid Al Mamun. #yishreads #southeastasianhistory #thaihistory #myanmaresehistory #singlit

Books 116 & 117 of 2025: To the Last Gram, by Shreya Davies & Vanessa Wong; The Forgotten Sentinels: The Sepoys of Malaya, Singapore and South-East Asia, by N Nedumaran. #yishreads #singlit #indianhistory #southeastasianhistory

Books 100 & 101 of 2025: The Long Shadow of the 19th Century: Critical Essays on Colonial Orientalism in Southeast Asia, by Farish A Noor; Ponni's Beloved, Part 1: New Floods, by Kalki. #yishreads #Southeastasianhistory #indianliterature

Overhead view of how Tondo might have appeared at its peak.

Precolonial Philippines is often misunderstood or oversimplified.

Let's bust some of the most persistent myths about Tondo and the complex world that existed in the era before the Spanish set foot on the islands. 🧵🔍

#PhilippineHistory #PrecolonialPhilippines #SoutheastAsianHistory #Tondo

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A diverse destination

Singapore was a port city controlled by kingdoms/empires like Siamese, Portuguese, Dutch, and British. It joined Malaysia then became independent in 1965.

#CityStates #GlobalTradingHub #SoutheastAsianHistory

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