![]() Over the centuries, Indo-Malay migrants were joined by Chinese traders. Kinship groups were led by a datu (chief), and within the barangay there were broad social divisions consisting of nobles, freemen, and dependent and landless agricultural workers and slaves. The basic unit of settlement was the barangay (a Malay word for boat that came to be used to denote a communal settlement). ![]() Over time, social and political organization developed and evolved in the widely scattered islands. Additional migrations took place over the next millennia. ![]() Home Earth Continents The Asia Philippines Country Profile History of PhilippinesĮarly History: The Philippine archipelago was settled at least 30,000 years ago, when migrations from the Indonesian archipelago and elsewhere are believed to have occurred. ![]()
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