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Paleolithic
Lenggong Valley
c. 2.000.0000 BCE
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235,000 BCE
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65,000–40,000 BCE
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16,000 BCE
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11,000–200 BCE
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500 – 200 BCE
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<100 BCE
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100 BCE–642 CE
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100 BCE–1474 CE
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c. 100 CE–1025
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424–775
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170–1135
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449–1454
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1300s
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1136–present
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1267–1521
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1368–present
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1402–1511
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1450–1899
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1470–1623
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1496–1903
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1516– 1902
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1528–present
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1599–1641
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1766–present
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1780–1899
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1808–1916
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1810–1902
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1839–1864
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1511–1641
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1601–1661
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1620
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1641–1824
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1770–1881
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1786–1946
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1821–1826
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1824
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1826
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1831–1832
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1841–1946
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1843
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1848–1946
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1857–1863
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1861–1874
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1867–1874
Pangkor Treaty
1874
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1875–1876
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1874–1946
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1879
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1882–1946
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1891–1895
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1894–1905
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1895–1946
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1909
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1909–1946
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1914
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1915
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1941–1945
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1941–1942
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1941–1942
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1942
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1942
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1942
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1942
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1942
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1942–1945
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1943–1945
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1943–1944
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1945–1946
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1946–1963
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1946–1963
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1946–1963
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1946–1948
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1948–1963
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1948
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1948–1960
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1948
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1950
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1955
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1957
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1959
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1960–2012
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1962–1990
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1963
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1963–1966
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1963
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1963
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1963–1965
ASEAN Declaration
1967
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1968–1989
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1969
National Operations Council
1969–1971
Declaration of Rukun Negara
1970
New Economic Policy
1971–1990
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1989
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Federal Territory of KL
1974
1977 Kelantan Emergency
1977
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1979–2008
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1980–present
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1984
Memali incident
1985
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1987
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1987–1988
Royal Immunity Amendments
1993
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1997–1998
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1998–2022
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2015–present
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2018
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1964
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1967–2009
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1967
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1969
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1969–2002
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1971
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1972–present
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1975
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1975
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1976
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1976
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1977
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1977
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1981
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1985
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1985
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1986
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1987
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1988
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1989
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1991
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1993
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1995
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1995
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1996
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1996
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2004
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2007
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2008
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2013
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2014
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2014
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2015
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2021
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2021–2022
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2022
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2023
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Malaysian legal history has been determined by events spanning a period of some six hundred years. Of these, three major periods were largely responsible for shaping the current Malaysian system. The first was the founding of the Melaka Sultanate at the beginning of the 15th century; second was the spread of Islam in the indigenous culture; and finally, and perhaps the most significant in modern Malaysia, was British colonial rule which brought with it constitutional government and the common law system.
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