History of Indonesia

 

Indonesia is a country whose territory is occupied for thousands of years, not in vain here lived the Java Man, one of the oldest on record. The history of this archipelago before and after becoming a country is impressive, it is a story full of historical moments.Java Man, the Papuans, Malays, Polynesians ... all of them were going through here, until the Europeans arrived, and until today. 

Indonesia is Southeast Asia, which is why this is a region with important business contacts with countries like India or China, constructed its civilizations, an activity that being on the coast of Sumatra, near the Straits of Malaka, this Archipelago was an important geostrategic location.In Java, for example, the kingdoms that had happened in their best expressions monuments, is why Indonesia is a country with a wide range of religious temples to visit Buddhist temples such as Borobudur, the largest this religion exists worldwide. 

Already in our era, during the time of the Buddhists, and the Indians began to appear the first Indian Muslims, a situation that began in the eighth century and that today results in an Indonesia that has the largest Muslim population in the world. 

The Europeans arrived in Indonesia until well into the sixteenth century, in particular the Portuguese were first to do so, interested in trade, after the Dutch arrived, the creation of the East India Company, and the business of sugar and coffee. In the nineteenth century the Dutch controlled much of the archipelago, area, and global trade in these products. The Dutch took control of the area, a situation that lasted until 1945 when after a Japanese invasion of the island in August 1945, with the Dutch out of it and just defeated Japan in World War II, Indonesia proclaims independence and the Republic of Indonesia, endorsed in 1949. 

Indonesia thus becomes one of the first democracies in the region, a situation that is short, since a coup in 1965 gives power to the dictator Suharto, a general who had the support of the CIA to overthrow the left government. It's when the economy becomes embroiled in a crisis by falling oil prices in the 70s. Suharto was in power until almost the XXI century, in an era of confrontation and tension, until the first democratic elections in 1999. 

Today, Indonesia is torn between his problems of different religions in the country, hardly unifiable, and tourism that seeks emerging in places like Riau, Bali or Jakarta its wonderful beaches and its equally impressive and comfortable hotels to stay during their holidays in Indonesia, an ideal place to spend your vacation in one of 6,000 islands.