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[Excerpted with permission from the last chapter of Nick Joaquin's book, Culture and History (Solar Publishing, Metro Manila, 1988).]
THE Filipino is the product of a particular history that began in the 16th century and our identity as Filipino was chiefly formed by what I consider the twelve greatest events in Philippine history, greatest because they were the epochal ones, the ones which, by the way we responded to them, determined our response to all subsequent events.
Here are what I consider the twelve greatest events in Philippine history:
1. The Introduction of the Wheel.
2. The Introduction of the Plow.
3. The Introduction of Road and Bridge.
4. The Introduction of New Crops like...