BOTH THE KINGDOM OF NAMAYAN AND TONDO NEAR THE PASIG RIVER ON LUZON WERE ESTABLISHED AND IMPORTANT TRADE CENTERS LONG BEFORE AND DURING THE PERIOD YOU ARE INTERESTED IN.TRADE WAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED DURING THE TANG AND SONG DYNASTIES OF CHINA. MANY CHINESE IMMIGRATES CAME TO LIVE IN THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE MING DYNASTY CIRC. 1373. TRADERS FROM INDIA, THE ARAB COUNTRYS AND SIAM ALSO CAME THERE TO TRADE.
THE PORT OF SANFOTSI WAS A CENTER FOR TRADE IN THAT GEOGRAPHIC AREA. I KNOW OF NO WRITTEN ACCOUNTS DESCRIBING WHAT KIND OF WEAPONS THE NATIVE PHILIPPINO USED AT THAT TIME BUT IT WAS LIKELY SOMETHING THEY TRADED FOR FROM THE CHINESE OR ONE OF THE OTHER COUNTRYS THAT TRADED THERE. RELIGION MAY HAVE PLAYED SOME PART IN IT ALSO IF THEY WERE AFFILIATED WITH HINDU PERHAPS INDIAN OR MALAYSIAN WEAPON FORMS. IF BUDDIST PERHAPS CHINESE FORMS OF WEAPONS. THERE WAS MENTION THAT THE LOCALS WERE FEARLESS FIGHTERS BUT UNFORTUNATELY NO DESCRIPTIONS OF WEAPONS OR STRATEGY.
THE IDEA OF TRANSLATEING ANCIENT CHINESE RECORDS AND SEEING WHAT HAS BEEN FOUND IN ARCHEOLOGICAL DIGS IN THE AREA ARE BOTH GOOD IDEAS. IT IS TOO BAD ANCIENT POTTERY FROM THIS AREA ARE NOT AS OBLIGING WITH DECOUR SHOWING WARRIORS AND WEAPONS AND COSTUMES AND GODS AS THE GREEKS AND MAYA AMONG OTHERS DID. GOOD LUCK
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