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Pre-Colonial History of Palawan

The document outlines the pre-colonial history of Palawan, detailing the origins of its indigenous peoples, including the Palaw’an, Tagbanua, and Batak tribes. It highlights significant migrations, trade with ancient Chinese, and the influence of Malay and Indonesian cultures, including the introduction of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. By the time of Spanish invasion, Palawan had developed its own language, governance, and established trade relations with various Asian nations.

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Pre-Colonial History of Palawan

The document outlines the pre-colonial history of Palawan, detailing the origins of its indigenous peoples, including the Palaw’an, Tagbanua, and Batak tribes. It highlights significant migrations, trade with ancient Chinese, and the influence of Malay and Indonesian cultures, including the introduction of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. By the time of Spanish invasion, Palawan had developed its own language, governance, and established trade relations with various Asian nations.

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The Pre-colonial

Palawan
Ancient Time
Palaw’an and Tagbanua people are the direct
descendant of the Palawans’ early settlers.

Palaw’an People Tagbanua People


Ancient Time
220 to 263 AD – a new
wave of recent migrants
Batak People
came during a period called
“Three Kingdom”
**(Where “Little Dark People”
who were living in Anwei
province in South China were
driven South by Han people.)
These people are
what most Filipino call
Aetas and Negritos from
whom Palawan’s Batak tribe
descended.
Ancient Time
AD 982 – ancient Chinese traders
regularly visited the islands. This was attested by
the pottery, china and other artifacts that have
been recovered from caves and waters of Palawan.
Classical Time
During 12th century, Malay immigrants
arrived in Palawan with most of its settlements ruled
by Malay chieftain.
(These people grew agricultural products such
as rice, ginger, cocunuts, sweet potatoes,
sugarcane and bananas.)
(They also raised animals such as pigs, goats and
chicken.)

 Fishing, Farming, Hunting (by used of bamboo


traps) and blowguns – were their economic
Classical Time
During 13th
century, Indonesian
from the Majapahit
Empire brought
Buddhism and
Hinduism in Palawan
and later the people of
Palawan followed this.
Classical Time
Because of the proximity of Palawan to
Borneo, southern portions of the island of
Palawan were under the control of the
Sultanate of Brunei for more than two centuries,
and Islam was introduced.
During the same period, trade relations
become of trend and intermarriages among the
natives and foreign traders such as Chinese,
Japanese, Arab and the Hindu have also become
common. The mixing of races resulted in a distinct
breed of peoples in Palawan that may be
Even before the invasion of the Spaniards,
one big influence to the country’s civilization, the
Palawan civilization was blooming. They were
developing their own language, had their own
government and their relations with countries like
China and other Asian nations were growing
steadily.

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