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Prior to the foundation of Malacca, ancient and medieval references to a Malay peninsula exist in various foreign sources. According to several Indian scholars, the word Malayadvipa ("mountain-insular continent"), mentioned in the ancient Indian text, Vayu Purana, may possibly refer to the Malay Peninsula.
- 242,363.8 km² (93,577.2 sq mi)
- Southeast Asia
- 2,187 m (7175 ft)
- Tanintharyi
History of Malaysia. Extending well into the western zone of the Southeast Asian archipelago, the Malay Peninsula has long constituted a critical link between the mainland and the islands of Southeast Asia. Because Malaysia itself is divided between the two regions, the history of the country can be understood only within a broad geographic ...
Politically, the peninsula comprises the far southeastern portion of Myanmar (Burma), the southwestern section of Thailand, Peninsular (or West) Malaysia, and Singapore. Known in ancient times as the Chersonesus Aurea (“Golden Chersonese,” or “Golden Peninsula,” from Greek chersos , “dry,” and nēsos , “island”), it has formed a ...
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History of Malaysia. Malaysia is a modern concept, created in the second half of the 20th century. However, contemporary Malaysia regards the entire history of Malaya and Borneo, spanning thousands of years back to prehistoric times, as its history.
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Peninsular Malaysia has been inhabited for at least 6,000 years, archaeologists having unearthed evidence of Stone Age and early Bronze Age civilizations; Neolithic culture was apparently well established by 2500 to 1500 bce.
Prehistory of Malaysia. Malaysia. A study of Asian genetics suggests the original humans in East Asia came from Southeast Asia. [ 14] . The indigenous groups on the peninsula can be divided into three ethnicities: the Negritos, the Senoi, and the proto-Malays. [ 15] . The first inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula were most probably Negritos. [ 16] .
Malaysia, British, 1874–1957. Following the British founding of Singapore in 1819, Chinese and British economic involvement on the Malay Peninsula expanded because of the lure of profits from tin mines and plantation agriculture.
