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1222. Battle of Ganter, Ken Arok defeated Kertajaya, the last king of Kediri, thus established Singhasari kingdom [28] Ken Arok ended the reign of Isyana Dynasty and started his own Rajasa dynasty. 1257. Baab Mashur Malamo established The Kingdom of Ternate in Maluku.
The history of Indonesia has been shaped by its geographic position, natural resources, a series of human migrations and contacts, wars and conquests, as well as by trade, economics and politics. Indonesia is an archipelagic country of 17,000 to 18,000 islands stretching along the equator in Southeast Asia .
Indonesia, [b] officially the Republic of Indonesia, [c] is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands , including Sumatra , Java , Sulawesi , and parts of Borneo and New Guinea .
Some key dates in Indonesia's history: 1670-1900 - Dutch colonists bring the whole of Indonesia under one government as the Dutch East Indies. 1942 - Japan occupies Dutch East Indies.
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to establish a colonial presence in the Indonesian Archipelago.Their quest to dominate the source of the spices that sustained the lucrative spice trade in the early 16th century, along with missionary efforts by Roman Catholic orders, saw the establishment of trading posts and forts, and left behind a Portuguese cultural element that remains in modern ...
17 August: "Proclamation of Indonesian Independence", signed by Sukarno - Hatta. Tan Malaka, a former Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) leader, returns secretly from exile and reveals his identity in Jakarta and draws a large following. late August: A Republican government is established in Jakarta and a provisional constitution is adopted.
Proclamation. We the people of Indonesia do hereby declare the independence of Indonesia. Matters concerning the transfer of power and other matters will be executed in an orderly manner and in the shortest possible time. Djakarta, 17 August 05. In the name of the people of Indonesia.
Prehistoric Indonesia is a prehistoric period in the Indonesian archipelago that spanned from the Pleistocene period to about the 4th century CE when the Kutai people produced the earliest known stone inscriptions in Indonesia. [1] Unlike the clear distinction between prehistoric and historical periods in Europe and the Middle East, the ...