From centre to centrifugal dispersion of the maritime ‘Melayu’ culture: modelling the regional reverberations of the medieval Melaka empire

• Main Authors: Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen, Ibrahim, Illyani, Kamaruddin, Kamariah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of L'Aquila 2019
• Subjects: NA Architecture; Medieval architecture; NA2695 Architectural drawing and design; NA4100 Special classes of buildings
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/76279/1/76279_From%20centre%20to%20centrifugal%20dispersion.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76279/; http://disegnarecon.univaq.it/ojs/index.php/disegnarecon
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

This paper attempts to reconstruct the famed city of Melaka at its height in the 15th and 16th centuries, to its subsequent dispersion in the 17th to 19th centuries. Melaka’s cultural-political influences and impact as a center of the common Melayu based culture and civilisation can be gauged from...