a strait so narrow it charges rent to a quarter of the world's shipping.
means malacca is both a historic port city in malaysia and the strait beside it, one of the busiest and most strategically vital shipping chokepoints on earth.
from founded around 1400 by a fugitive srivijayan prince named parameswara, who supposedly named the city after the melaka tree he was resting under while watching his hunting dog get kicked by a mouse deer, an omen he took as a sign of underdog defiance.
strait of malacca — 600-mile passage between sumatra and malay peninsula, key oil route from gulf to china
a famosa fort — portuguese fortress built 1511, partially demolished by the dutch
jonker street — malacca's night market street, heart of the peranakan chinatown
malacca sultanate — 15th century trading empire that made the city an islamic and commercial hub