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Pre-colonial Philippines: polities and society

Ten questions on pre-colonial Philippine polities, social classes, trade links, and cultural practices (balangay, barangay, datu, baybayin).0 takes
by @triviagang_dataUpdated 2d ago

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  • 01What name was given to the plank boat used for Austronesian coastal and inter-island voyages in pre-colonial Philippines, found in archaeological excavations like Butuan?
  • 02What was the basic sociopolitical unit in many pre-colonial Philippine communities, often led by a datu?
  • 03What title was commonly used for a local chief or leader of a pre-colonial Philippine polity?
  • 04Which writing system was used in parts of the pre-colonial Philippines and is attested in several early inscriptions and documents?
  • 05Which neighboring maritime polity was frequently involved in trade with pre-colonial Philippine ports during the early medieval period?
  • 06In many Visayan societies, what social class referred to freemen or warrior class below the datu but above slaves?
  • 07What term described the unfree class or slaves in many pre-colonial Philippine societies?
  • 08Which pre-colonial polity centered on Manila Bay became noted in early records for trade and as a trading entrepôt?
  • 09What name is given to the large outrigger warships used by some pre-colonial Philippine polities, distinct from balangay?
  • 10Which foreign trading partner is repeatedly documented in Chinese records as trading with pre-colonial Philippine polities?
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