history of Indonesia

Table of Contents

Introduction
The archipelago: its prehistory and early historical records
Indonesian “Hinduism”
- The arrival of Hindu religious conceptions
- Indonesian religious conceptions
The Malay kingdom of Srivijaya-Palembang
- Buddhism in Palembang
- The maritime influence
Central Java from c. 700 to c. 1000
Eastern Java and the archipelago from c. 1000 to c. 1300
- Government and politics
- The empire of Kertanagara
The Majapahit era
Islamic influence in Indonesia
- Muslim kingdoms of northern Sumatra
- Muslims in Java
Expansion of European influence
- Growth and impact of the Dutch East India Company
- The French and the British in Java, 1806–15
Dutch rule from 1815 to c. 1920
- The Culture System
- Dutch territorial expansion
- The Ethical Policy
Toward independence
- The rise of nationalism
- Japanese occupation
- The revolution
Independent Indonesia to 1965
- The years of constitutional democracy
- Introduction of Guided Democracy
- Sukarno’s policies
Indonesia from the coup to the end of the New Order
- The coup
- Suharto’s New Order
  - Economic development
  - Political developments
  - Changes in Indonesian society
  - International relations
- Economic crisis, public unrest, and the fall of Suharto
Indonesia after Suharto

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