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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…

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…

Stupas at Borobodur

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…

The Landing of Hiru and foundation of Hiruka (detail 3) at Borobudur Photograph of a Divyavadana relief at Borobudur in Java, Indonesia. Photo Dharma from Penang, Malaysia - 086 N, The Landing of Hiru and foundation of Hiruka (detail 3), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40153417

History of Indonesia #1 – The historical setting

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Before European intrusions into the islands by Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch seeking to monopolize the…

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