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Malacca trading port

Type Object Region Malay Peninsula Time c. 1400–1511

Malacca was 15th-century Southeast Asia's most important international commercial port and entrepôt at the northern end of the Strait of Malacca, sti…

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  1. c. 1400–1450Malacca River mouth · Malay PeninsulaAfter Parameswara established his capital at Malacca, the port used the strait's waterways to attract Javanese and Indian merchants, gradually replacing Palembang as the regional trade node.
  2. c. 1450–1511Malacca city port · Malay PeninsulaFrom the mid-to-late 15th century through the 1490s, Malacca became the largest entrepôt linking the Indian Ocean and South China Sea; Ming treasure ships and Arab merchant ships visited regularly, and the port's population and tariff revenues reached historic highs.

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