Singapore & the Silk Road of the Sea 1300-1800 Author_Lorraine Tan Rational Conversations by Epigram Books

Rational Conversations by Epigram Books is a series of essays and speeches by prominent Singaporeans on issues close to their heart

He is also concurrently SUTD's Director for Strategic Planning

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

Sarawak’s tallest mountain (and survived

He is the author and anthologist of over twenty books

Singapore & the Silk Road of the Sea 1300-1800 Author_Lorraine Tan Rational Conversations by Epigram BooksBeneath 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