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SORSOGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Business and Management Education
Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship
Bulan Campus
Readings in Philippine History
Armenta, Anna Veronica A.
BSE 1-A
ORIGINS OF THE PHILIPPINES
According to the myth, from Tagalog version. Philippines archipelago was created of the
two gods. Bathala, the god of sky and Aman Sinaya the goddess of the sea. They been a rival for
a long time, day by day, they try to fight each other but one day, when Aman Siya decided to
send her tempests to the sky, that cause a wild commution when Bathala know that he
immediately threw a giant boulder that came from the top of the mountains. And from that
scenario it created a thousand of islands and one of that is the Philippine archipelago. (Scribd,
Philippines, an island country in Southeast Asia in the Western Pacific Ocean. It is an
archipelago consisting of 7,641 islands. Manila is their capital; however, Quezon City is the most
populous city. They are both part of the National Capital Region (Metro Manila), located in
Luzon which is the largest island among the two, the Visayas and Mindanao. (Cullinane et al.,
2023)
During the pre-colonial period it believes that Negrito, proto - Malay, and Malay peoples
inhabited the Philippine Archipelago around 30,000 years ago. In that period migrations occurred
over thousands of years. Aside from that the social and political organization of the population in
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the islands evolved into a common pattern, from the basic unit of
settlement which is the barangay, formerly a kinship it is a group headed
by the datu. Within the barangay is the social divisions includes nobles,
freemen, and dependents, including landless agricultural workers, indepted individuals, and war
captives. Arab traders from Malay and Borneo introduced Islam in Southern islands in the 14th
century and the influences extended especially in North Luzon. Also, the Indonesian brought
Islam to the Philippines by traders and proselytizers. In the 16th century, Islam was recognized
in the Sulu Archipelago and it spread from Mindanao to Manila area in 1565.
Ferdinand Magellan is the one who led the Spanish expedition to the Philippines in 1521,
he is the first European who visit the region after that another Spanish expedition followed
including one from New Spain (Mexico) under Ruy Lopez De Villalobos. (Lorenzed, 2016) The
name Philippines was coming from King Philip II of Spain when the Spanish explorer arrived in
our islands in 1542 which is Ruy Lopez De Villalobos. In 1542 Felipinas was the only name of
the islands of Leyte and Samar but in 1543 explorer Ruy Lopez Villalobos presumptuously
named the two islands of Leyte and Samar as Las Islas Filipinas (The Philippine Islands).
Spanish would like to colonize the other islands that we know and by that the entire archipelago
would know under that name.
As a Filipino Citizen, we should know our own history because if we know the past. It
will help us understand the past and where we came from. It will also give us idea about our
country's culture and traditions. In that way we will appreciate the Philippines' natural beauty and
resources. And lastly, we will understand our history that can help us to solve problems in the
present and future (Davis, 2014). A one country with its own identity is good
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Moreover, the today's era is the product of the past. It means that past has a
great impact to the present, there is no present if there is no past. Past is
important since it gave us idea or knowledge about what happened to the
past and to the present. It also gave us the tool to analyze and explain problem from the past. As
a student, I realized in this activity that even though we're colonized by other others, still, we
have our own culture, discoveries, tradition. From this activity I learned how Philippine
archipelago was created according to the myth, the things that happened during pre-colonial
period and etc. I am happy that by this activity I gained knowledge about the origins of the
Philippines.
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Department of Business and Management Education

Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship

Readings in Philippine History

Armenta, Anna Veronica A.

ORIGINS OF THE PHILIPPINES

Philippines, an island country in Southeast Asia in the Western Pacific Ocean. It is an

settlement which is the barangay, formerly a kinship it is a group headed

would know under that name.

great impact to the present, there is no present if there is no past. Past is

important since it gave us idea or knowledge about what happened to the

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