HANG TUAH, HANG JEBAT - HANYA PERIGI DAN KUBUR?

Perigi Hang Tuah, Kg. Duyong, Melaka.

Makam Hang Jebat, Melaka.

Makam Hang Tuah, Kg. Balik Bukit, Tg. Keling, Melaka.

Di mana sebenarnya Keris Taming Sari? Terbenam di Sg. Melaka (tanpa sisa) setelah lebih 500 tahun silam?

RAFFLES'S ELEPHANT DIPLOMACY

Stamford Raffles established Singapore in 1812. Early as Governor General he sent to the Shogun of Japan a diplomatic gift of an elephant the next year.

Reality Checks. Life of Annie, Feb 17, 14

Sustainable Living Institute (SAVE)17 February 2014 12:33

Check my postings:
1. Mahathir, 1984 Newsweek interview. Jan 14, 14
2. Mahathir akan hunus keris lagi? Jan 13, 14
3. The lady who could be king. Jan 10, 14
4. Sukarno, the fallen hero. Jan 9, 14
5. The elixir of youth - Dr Hashim Wahab. Dec 20, 13
6. My brother in Congo. Dec 6, 13
7. Tun Hussein Onn. Nov 16, 13
8. Mubin Sheppard - the Malay of Malays. Nov 6, 13
9. Hamka - pujangga Nusantara. Oct 24, 13
10. P. Ramlee - berkorban apa saja. Oct 16, 13
11. MB Mukhriz - riceland waterway. Sept 17, 13
12. Fakta Leman Dawi fastastiko. Aug 19, 13
13. Tun Razak, unpretentious. Jun 30, 13
14. The leader that is Mahathir. Jun 27, 13
15. Siapa kenal Musa Ahmad? Jun 4, 13
16. Ungku Aziz - the man that time forgot. Jan 3, 13
17. Aku pilu van Gogh menangis. Dec 12, 12
18. Among UMNO (women) stalwarts, 1960s. Dec 8, 12
19. The fascinating world of Monte Zain. Jul 30, 12
20. Talib Harimau, my Pak Itam, Part 2. Apr 8, 12
21. Talib Harimau, my Pak Itam, Part 1. Mar 22, 12
22. Kanang, the headhunter. Feb 25, 12

Agriculture 10,000 years

Detail of a clay seal (about 200BC) from Mesopotamia. The origin of agriculture began more than 10,000 years ago ie. circa 8000 BC in the land between two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates what is now mainly Iraq. The food for civilisation is agriculture.

Iraq has been Bushwhacked to almost  stone age, how will the people forget revenge for a thousand years more?

Map showing the then agriculturaaly fertile Tigris-Euphrates region. The earliest civilisation in Mesopotamia was the Sumerian. The Assyrian which conquered more land came much later around 1300BC. 

AMOROUS MALAYS, 1596

The Malays and Javanese, hand-coloured copper engraving from Jan van Linchoten, Itinerary 1596. The legend reads 'Inhabitants of Malacca, the best speakers, the most polite, and the most amorous of t