1. Pre-Colonial Philippines
... were merely customs which were handed down from generation to generation. Judicial System. The datu was also the judge in the barangay. He conducted trials in public. In civil cases, he would try his best to make the parties come to a friendly agreement. If this failed, then both of the parties took an oath to abide by the decision of the datu. To our ancestors, their plighted word was sacred. Each party then ... Spanish colonization of the Philippines starting in 1665. INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITIES Our ancestors were not behind when it came to intellectual ability. They were intellectually c...
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