Singapore: The Last City State in the World

Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/geographics for 10% off on your first purchase. → Subscribe for new videos two times per week.    / @geographicstravel   This channel is #sponsored by Squarespace. Our sister channels: Biographics -    / @biographics   TopTenz -    / @toptenznettop10   Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Morris M. Producer - Jennifer Da Silva Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to [email protected] Source/Further reading: Three part Discovery Channel documentary:    • Video   Singapore before Raffles: http://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblioasia/2019... National Geo documentary on Singapore as the city of the future:    • City of the Future: Singapore – Full Episo...   Britannica’s history: https://www.britannica.com/place/Sing... Guardian Story of Cities, Singapore: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/20... Some early history: https://thecommonwealth.org/our-membe... http://countrystudies.us/singapore/3.htm Lee Kuan Yew biographies: https://www.britannica.com/biography/... https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/wo... Stamford Raffles: https://www.britannica.com/biography/... Singapore in WWII: https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-i... https://www.history.com/this-day-in-h... https://www.roots.sg/learn/stories/wo... Japanese occupation: http://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblioasia/2019... Sook Ching: https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyl... Singapore ejected from Malaysia: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/history/... Thatcher parising Singapore: https://www.margaretthatcher.org/docu...