malaysia port of discord malacca place of eternal showdowns another story of poisoning a well for uninvited guests in search of a golden ship treasures of the straitf malacca on the po the main square with an overview, they knew how to build bell towers - a skyscraper of the 12th century. dominican republic grain grain, the steeper the mountains, the steeper the coffee and the shaking along the road from the bush to the cup centuries ago in europe they said it was as expensive as pepper in 1508, four portuguese ships set off in september 1509 to search for the islands of spices. they reached malaya. sultan mahmudshah received them with feigned cordiality, and then suddenly attacked the portuguese retreated, but after 2 years already 19 ships arrived at malaka and the city was captured. our correspondent dmitry vozdvizhensky leafed through the pages of malaysian history directly at the scene . it does not brightly illuminate the picturesque houses on the banks of a leisurely river a long time ago in 1403. here, on the site of a small fisherman's, a girl with an umatran prince, a parishvara, founded a city that has become a bone of contention for ma