The Inside View On Makassar's 16th To 17th Century History: Changing Marital Alliances And Persistent Settlement Patterns

• Main Author: Bulbeck, David
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2016
• Subjects: P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/41181/1/Art.-7-IJAPS-12Supp.-1-2016-143-167.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/41181/; http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Art.-7-IJAPS-12Supp.-1-2016-143-167.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Sains Malaysia

The alliance of the Makasar-speaking kingdoms of Gowa and Talloq elevated Makassar to the status of an empire before its conquest in 1667 by the Dutch in alliance with the Bugis, Makassar's local enemies. In my previous research I recognised three main phases in Makassar's history: a gr...