Baringer, S. E. (n.d.). The Philippines. Retrieved November 5, 2011, from Countries and their Cultures: http://www.everyculture.com/No-Sa/The-Philippines.html…
Agoncillo, T., & Guerrero, M. (1987). History of the Filipino people. Quezon City, Philippines: Garcia Publishing Company.…
WHEN a powerful and highly civilised nation comes in contact with a barbaric and isolated people, who have nevertheless advanced many steps on the road of progress, it would naturally be thought that the superior and conquering race would endeavour to collect and place on record information concerning such people: their manners, customs, language, religion, and traditions. Unfortunately, in the case of the Spanish conquests of the sixteenth century, that nation appears never to have considered it a duty to hand down to posterity any detailed description of the singularly interesting races they had vanquished. As it was with the Guanches of the Canaries, the Aztecs of Mexico, and the Quichuas of Peru, so was it with the Chamorro of the Ladrones, and the Tagalo-Bisaya tribes of the Philippines. The same Vandal spirit that prompted the conquistadores to destroy the Maya and Aztec literature also moved them to demolish the written records of the Philippine natives, and but few attempts were made to preserve relics or information concerning them. The Spanish priests, as the lettered men of those times, were the persons we should look to for such a work, but in their religious ardour they thought only of the subjugation and conversion of the natives, and so, with the sword in one hand, and crucifix in the other, they marched through that fair land, ignoring and destroying the evidences of a strange semi-civilisation which should have been to them a study of the deepest interest. Fortunately, however, there were a few in that period who were interested in such matters, and who wrote accounts of the state of culture of the islanders of that early date. Some of these MSS. have been preserved in the archives of Manila, and have lately attracted the attention of Spanish scholars.…
* Regarding human evolution, this era was home to the Australopithecines until the Homo Sapiens Sapiens…
No pre-hominid or hominid species such as australopithecus or homo erectus has been found in the Philippines. The first human beings probably reached the Philippines about 40,000 years ago at roughly the same time as they reached Australia and New Guinea. The Philippines, like Australia and New Guinea, were never actually joined to the south east Asian mainland but, at the low ocean levels, the water barrier was much less. The earliest human bones found in the Philippines were on Palawan of modern type and date to 22,000 B.P. although stone tools from Palawan date back to 30,000 B.P.…
The nature and force of human to put order into various things is strong in this topic. This phenomenon of organizing is as ancient as history itself. Even before the birth of colonialism, several groups of people had already established an organization to live much easier and to control the ever growing population of the human race. One can also account this strategic technique in the ancient times of our archipelago (what would be called now as the Philippines), the formation of barangay and the theories that says it had originated from the coastal settlements created by the migration of Malayo-Polynesian people. But even so, the negritos or aetas who were the first settlers in the archipelago had also build their own communities to ease up hunting and also for protection.…
* There was a Big Mass of Land called Pangea and In Jurassic Period It start to separate into 2 Land: Gondwanaland and Laurasia…
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During class discussions, history was defined to be a recreation of the past and a study of believes, practices, institutions, desires and influences of human beings. One of the best ways to understand who and how the Filipino culture came about is by studying its past. History also provides…
In 1902, Burnham designed a U-shaped government complex within Luneta. Only three buildings were however constructed: the Executive House occupied by the National Museum, the Department of Finance Building which now houses the Museum of the Filipino People, and the Department of Tourism Building envisioned to become the future Museum for Natural Sciences. When we visited the National Museum we saw beautiful paintings and sculptures made by our great artists. We will never forget the huge great work of art of Juan Luna's Spolarium the very famous one. The tour has been inspiring, educational, and well worth it. We really enjoyed the tour and also with the help of Ochie's father. He is the one who tour us inside the museum. Behind the paintings and sculptures we know that it has a lot of stories and insights that they want to express. We appreciate and learn how this masterpiece inspired our brave Filipinos including our national heroes Jose Rizal to alter their lives and helped in the formation of our nation.…
Long before the Spaniards came, the Philippines was already inhabited by natives. And among the natives of the Island were the Negritos.…
The value of these legal institutions in any modern day society is without question. However, it is their ability to function in accordance to…
It is unfortunate that a vast number of Filipino students are reluctant to understand Philippine history. This may have been brought about by an inadequate background in history and a general tendency on the part of the students to be less conscious of the value of the past to their present life. Or, maybe, such ignorance or apathy may have resulted from the insufficient materials, especially on local history, which is closer to the hearts and minds of the people.…
Further information: History of the Philippines (until 1521), Kingdom of Maynila, Kingdom of Namayan, and Kingdom of Tondo…
The Tertiary is the period in the geological history of the earth when mammals, including primates became dominant. The two major events in the tertiary periods.…