When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. History of Bali - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Bali

    The History of Bali covers a period from the Paleolithic to the present, and is characterized by migrations of people and cultures from other parts of Asia. In the 16th century, the history of Bali started to be marked by Western influence with the arrival of Europeans, to become, after a long and difficult colonial period under the Dutch, an example of the preservation of traditional cultures ...

  3. Bali - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali

    The first known European contact with Bali is thought to have been made in 1512, when a Portuguese expedition led by Antonio Abreu and Francisco Serrão sighted its northern shores. It was the first expedition of a series of bi-annual fleets to the Moluccas, that throughout the 16th century travelled along the coasts of the Sunda Islands.

  4. Naming of the Americas - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_of_the_Americas

    World map of Waldseemüller (Germany, 1507), which first used the name America (in the lower-left section, over South America) [1]. The earliest known use of the name America dates to April 25, 1507, when it was applied to what is now known as South America. [1]

  5. Bali Kingdom - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali_Kingdom

    The historical period in Bali started in c. 8th century, marked by the discovery of inscribed Buddhist votive clay tablets. These Buddhist votive tablets, found in small clay stupa figurines called "stupikas", are the first known written inscriptions in Bali and date from around the 8th century CE. [2]

  6. Elon Musk launches Starlink satellite internet service in ...

    www.aol.com/news/elon-musk-arrives-indonesias...

    Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 17,000 islands sprawled across three time zones with a population of more than 270 millio. ... During his first in-person visit to Bali, Musk is also scheduled to ...

  7. History of Indonesia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Indonesia

    The Hindu Majapahit kingdom was founded in eastern Java in the late 13th century, and under Gajah Mada it experienced what is often referred to as a golden age in Indonesian history, [57] when its influence extended to much of southern Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and Bali [58] from about 1293 to around 1500.

  8. Timeline of Indonesian history - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Indonesian_history

    During his Independence Day speech, Sukarno for the first time publicly denounce the United States, and over the following months an anti-American campaign attacked American interests. 27 August: President Sukarno appoints the Dwikora Cabinet 1965: 7 January: Indonesia withdraws from membership of the UN. [72] [77] 14 January

  9. Balinese people - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balinese_people

    The Balinese people (Balinese: ᬳᬦᬓ᭄‌ᬩᬮᬶ, romanized: Ânak Bali, Indonesian: Suku Bali) are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Indonesian island of Bali. The Balinese population of 4.2 million (1.7% of Indonesia's population) live mostly on the island of Bali, making up 89% of the island's population. [6]