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Before European intrusions into the islands by Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch seeking to monopolize the lucrative trade in spices and other marketable products, the more than 13,000 islands constituting the Republic of Indonesia were home to a diverse array of cultures and civilizations that had been influenced by HinduBuddhist ideas from India and by Islam, as well as indigenous beliefs.
In June 17, 1864, Governor-General Mr. L. A. J. W. Baron Sloet van Beele broke ground for the first railway line in Java, which was…
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In the story of Islam’s spread in Indonesia, the Walisongo hold a special place. Said to have been a group of nine missionaries that lived…
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 15:31
Sukarno's speech at the Bandung Conference, 1955
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President Sukarno of Indonesia: Speech at the Opening of the Bandung Conference, April 18 1955; - This twentieth century has been a period of terrific…
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Due to it's strategic location and size Bintan has a rich history. Riau has for centuries been the home of Malay and the Orang Laut…
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In much of the information currently available in the popular literature dealing with the Mentawai islands, that is information published in cyberspace as well as…
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 17:26
History of Indonesia #11: Reformasi, 1998 till Today
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A growing concern regarding nepotism and corruption, centered around the Suharto government, grew during the 1990's until finally his fate was sealed by the economic…
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 17:17
History of Indonesia #10: The New Order under Suharto
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The transition from Sukarno's Guided Democracy to Suharto's New Order reflected a realignment of the country's political forces. The left had been bloodied and driven…
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 16:57
History of Indonesia #9: Independence: The First Phases, 1950-65
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Although Indonesia was finally independent and (with the exceptions of Dutch-ruled West New Guinea and Portuguese-ruled East Timor) formally unified, the society remained deeply divided…
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 16:38
History of Indonesia #8: The National Revolution, 1945-50
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Unlike Burma and the Philippines, Indonesia was not granted formal independence by the Japanese in 1943. No Indonesian representative was sent to the Greater East…
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Monday, 11 January 2010 20:48
History of Indonesia #7:The Japanese Occupation
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The Japanese occupied the archipelago in order, like their Portuguese and Dutch predecessors, to secure its rich natural resources. Japan's invasion of North China, which…
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Monday, 11 January 2010 20:40
History of Indonesia #6:National consciousness
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National consciousness emerged gradually in the archipelago during the first decades of the twentieth century, developed rapidly during the contentious 1930s, and flourished, both ideologically…
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Monday, 11 January 2010 20:28
History of Indonesia #5:The Netherlands Indies Empire
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Nineteenth-century Indonesia experienced not only the replacement of company rule by Dutch government rule but also the complete transformation of Java into a colonial society…
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Monday, 11 January 2010 20:20
History of Indonesia #4:European Intrusions
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The Portuguese were the first Europeans to come in significant numbers to the archipelago. The golden age of Portuguese exploration and conquest in Asia began…
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Monday, 11 January 2010 20:13
History of Indonesia #3:The coming of Islam
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The Indian Ocean continued to serve as both a commercial and a cultural link between Indonesia and the countries to the west. Thus Islam, which…
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Monday, 11 January 2010 17:42
History of Indonesia #2:Early history
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Beginning in the 1890s, paleontologists discovered fossil remains of creatures on the island of Java that, while probably not the direct ancestors of modern humans,…
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