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While sailing on this body of water, one explorer observed how the Aru people used cannibalism as a form of execution. Afonso de Albuquerque razed a hill settlement built in a city on this body of water for the princess Hang Li Po. The Orang Laut, who harassed merchants in this body of water, formed an alliance with Iskander Shah, who founded a sultanate named after it. In 1824, the (*) Dutch were given control over the Riau Islands in this body of water by a treaty that also broke up the Sultanate of Johor. In the 1900s, shipping through this body of water was controlled by a city founded by Stamford Raffles. For 10 points, Singapore lies on what strategic strait located between Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula? ■END■
ANSWER: Strait of Malacca [prompt on Indian Ocean; prompt on Andaman Sea; prompt on Singapore Strait; prompt on Johor Strait]
<Jeffrey Liu, History - World - Asian> ~28170~ <Editor: Hari Parameswaran>
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