A description of the philippines as considered one of the most westernized countries in asia

Europeanization[ edit ] From s onward, Europeanization and colonialism spread gradually over much of the world and controlled different regions during this five centuries long period, colonizing or subjecting the majority of the globe. The two World Wars weakened the European powers to such extent that many people in the colonies strove for independence, often inspired by nationalistic movements.

Prehistory of the Philippines Tabon Caves are the site of one of the oldest human remains found in the Philippines: Tabon Man Recent discovery of stone tools and fossils of butchered animal remains in Rizal, Kalinga has pushed back evidence of early hominins in the archipelago to as early asyears.

Landa Jocano theorizes that the ancestors of the Filipinos evolved locally. These artifacts are said to be evidence of long range communication between prehistoric Southeast Asian societies. History of the Philippines —Religion in pre-colonial Philippinesand Cultural achievements of pre-colonial Philippines A Boxer Codex image illustrating the ancient kadatuan or tumao noble class.

The current demarcation between the Prehistory and the Early history of the Philippines is 21 Aprilwhich is the equivalent on the Proleptic Gregorian calendar for the date indicated on the Laguna Copperplate Inscription —the earliest known surviving written record to come from the Philippines.

Landa Jocano called the "Barangic Phase" of early Philippine history, beginning from the 14th century through the arrival of Spanish colonizers and the beginning of the Philippines' colonial period.

Among the early Philippine polities, this arrangement fulfilled the requirements for trade with China, but did not actually translate into political or military control. Regarding the relations of early Philippine polities with the various state-level polities of Indonesia and Malaysia, legendary accounts often mention the interaction of early Philippine polities with the Srivijaya empire, but there is not much archeological evidence to definitively support such a relationship.

The oldest known historical record found in the Philippines, discovered at Lumban, Laguna. The earliest historical record of these polities and kingdoms is the Laguna Copperplate Inscriptionwhich indirectly refers to the Tagalog polity of Tondo c.

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Diwata in Mindanao, and the temple complex of Medang in Java. Song dynasty traders visited Ma-i annually, and their accounts described Ma-i's geography, trade products, and the trade behaviors of its rulers.

The official history of the Song dynasty next refers to the Rajahnate of Butuan c. Butuan attained prominence under the rule of Rajah Sri Bata Shaja, [55] who was from a Buddhist ruling-class governing a Hindu nation.

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This state became powerful due to the local goldsmith industry and it also had commercial ties and a diplomatic rivalry with the Champa civilization. Historian Efren Isorena has asserted that Visayan raiding parties conducted raids on the port cities of southern China between A.

Its founding datu, Puti, had purchased land for his new realms from the aboriginal Ati hero, Marikudo.

The people of Madja-as conducted resistance movements against the Hindu and Islamic invaders that arrived from the west. Sri Lumay was sent by the Chola Maharajah to invade Madja-as, but he rebelled and formed his own independent rajahnate.

This state grew wealthy by making use of the inter-island shipping within the archipelago. However, they failed to establish a foothold in the Visayas islands which was populated by Srivijayan loyalists who waged incessant guerrilla warfare against them. Eventually, Luzon regained independence from Majapahit during the Battle of Manila and the then Rajahnate of Sulu also reestablished independence and in vengeance, assaulted the Majapahit province of Poni Brunei before a fleet from the capital drove them out.

Eventually, in the face of these Islamic conversions, the remnants of Hindu Majapahit fled to the island of Bali.

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He was also the head of an armada which traded and protected commerce between the Indian Oceanthe Strait of Malaccathe South China Sea[84] and the medieval maritime principalities of the Philippines. The sultanate form of government extended further into Lanao.

Manila in Luzon was Islamized during the reign of Sultan Bolkiah in to This was accomplished because the Sultanate of Bruneiwhich was previously known as Poni, had seceded from Majapahit and had converted to Islam, and had again subjugated Tondo by defeating Rajah Gambang in battle, thereafter installing the Muslim rajah, Rajah Salalila to the throne thus reestablishing the Bruneian puppet-state of the Rajahnate of Maynila.The Philippines has long been considered the most Westernized country in Asia, do in large part to colonial Spanish and American influences that go back hundreds of years.

Low Labor Costs Wages in the Philippines are considerably less than in more developed economies, making it perhaps the best place on earth to find affordable, high-quality.

Due to the heavy influences of European (particularly British; Portuguese in Macau) and American culture in places like Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Taiwan, . Geographically, the Philippines is an Asian country but is considered one of the “torn countries” which includes Russia, Turkey and Mexico that are either already part of .

By opposition to both “western” and “oriental” were a third group of countries, that were not considered to have a civilization (cities, script etc), typically Africa and the Americas.

They were commonly referred to as “savage”. The North provides some absolute geographical indicators for the location of wealthy countries, most of which are physically situated in the Northern Hemisphere, although, as most countries are located in the northern hemisphere in general, some have considered this distinction equally unhelpful.

Stating that western countries are the most developed, or the wealthiest, or the one with higher HDI is also an awful mistake. The Potato famine took a toll of 1 million lives in Ireland (UK in that moment) and had another million migrating. Again, The wars in Europe killed more than 50 million people during the first half of the XXth century.