Trade has been going on in the Indonesian Archipelago since ancient times, linking it with the various parts or Asia and with the Middle East and the lands of the North. In Roman times, the Alexandrian geographer Ptolemy, who flourished in the year 160 of the Christian era, mentioned for the first time an area in the Archipelago, referring to it as the 'Golden Chersonese.' This prosperous land seems now to have been identified with the Malay Peninsula. Along with trade came changing religions and various cultural elements imparting upon the people their distinctive impressions. Islam too had come via the trade route.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.113585 |
| Date | January 1962 |
| Creators | Al-Attas, Sayyid. N. |
| Contributors | Rasjidi, M. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts. (Department of Islamic Studies.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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