The history of the early establishment of the Republic of Indonesia

The establishment of the state of Indonesia can not be separated from the history of the kingdoms there and once stood on land Indonesia, hundreds of years of occupation by foreign nations, and the movement of people struggle which led unity. Historically, religion was the religion of the majority is always changing as the development of religion in other countries. Indonesia itself is an archipelago of 17,508 islands with 6,000 inhabited islands.Indonesia PrehistoryIndonesian Homo erectus who occupy the Paleolithic era is believed to have succeeded in developing the tools of prehistoric artifacts found in Sangiran and Ngandong. This is reinforced by the discovery of fossils of mammals that has 18 cuts of prehistoric tools earlier. The cut became the first documentation tools for use in Sangiran, and became the first historical evidence of the use of shell tools around the world. In the Neolithic period, the tools were made of stone such as stone axes and stone hoe developed by Austronesian people who live in the Indonesian archipelago. In the Neolithic period also was the structures of large stones began much visible.


The history of the early establishment of the Republic of Indonesia
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Megalithic era is a period that will be the beginning of the history of the founding of the republic of Indonesia because at this time have started many megalithic structures found throughout the archipelago. There is also a pyramid tread named punden found at some point in Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, and the Sunda islands.

 Megalithic structures are still well maintained until the 19th century can be found in Nias, a remote island in North Sumatra, Sumba, and Toraja. Bronze Age arrived in Indonesia with the inclusion of Dong Son culture who brought the techniques of the use of bronze, pumbuatan belt, and irrigation. At this time, the religion practiced by most people in the area of ​​the archipelago is animism.Kingdom era in IndonesiaIn the early days of the rise of kingdoms in Indonesia, their religion is Hindu because they are influenced by Indian culture.

From some inscriptions found, it is believed that at Mount Mercury, Panaitan found a Ganesha statue of the first century. There is also evidence found on a royal Sundanese in West Java which is in the 2nd century which is also the approximate period of construction of the Temple of Souls in Batujaya.The days of empire is another milestone in the history of the Indonesian state, because at this time had no thought of some of the king to unite Indonesia. One quite famous kingdom is Tarumanagara that debuted around the year 358 to 669 and are located in West Java, close to what is now the city of Jakarta. King of the 5th them,

Purnawarman, be the maker of the earliest inscriptions in Java, the inscription Ciaruteun in Bogor which have soles of his feet.Islamic religion into another religion that dominate the archipelago when Muslim traders entering Indonesia area around the 13th century in northern Sumatra. Unlike Hinduism and Buddhism spread rapidly, the spread of Islam is very complicated and slow. Spread only through buying and selling, and the first to be adherents of this new religion are the kings and merchants.

Only in the late 16th century Islam dominates the area of ​​Java and Sumatra, and even in some parts of the archipelago had to blend with the existing trust. Only in Bali majority of the population still adheres to the trust of the kingdom before, namely Hinduism.The development of Islamic religion also automatically change religious belief kingdoms that have and will stand. One of such is the kingdom of the Sultanate of Mataram. In 1584, Senopati Ingalaga succeeded his father as king and military power Mataram increased sharply. After Ingalaga down and replaced Seda Krapyak ing, the war continues, and in the reign of Krapyak also occur first contact with the VOC. This empire collapsed during the reign Amangkurat II in 1677 caused the Netherlands. 

Colonial periodStarting from the occupation of Malacca in 1512, Portugal finally arrived in Indonesia and became the first Europeans to occupy the land of the archipelago. Their goal is to dominate the spice and spread the teachings of Catholicism. They began to establish the post of sale and fortifications on the islands of Ternate, Ambon, Solor, and pulua other islands. Portugal's heyday missionary activity is at the end of the 16th century, at which time the glory of Portugal stayed Solor, Flores, Nusa Tenggara and following their defeat in Ternate and Maluku.In 1619, the occupation of Java by the VOC into the darkest part of the history of the Indonesian state. The occupation began with the founding of the city of Batavia, after which the VOC became very involved in politics on the island of Java and some times do war with the kingdom of Mataram and Banten. VOC went bankrupt in 1800 and was dissolved, so Thomas Stamford Raffles was appointed to take over in 1816 after the archipelago was occupied by the British. Cultuurstelsel implemented in 1830, 

bringing the Netherlands and Indonesia to prosperity and this system was abolished in 1870. In 1901, the Dutch began to implement the ethical policy which began a little more humane.Occupation and the Japanese occupation of Indonesia in 1940 became part of the history of the Indonesian end up with has been the establishment of some of the nationalist movement since 1908 as Budi Utomo and SI. Occupied Japan backed the massive US embargo against Japan's oil supply. In 1942, the entire army defeated the Dutch in Indonesia, and in 1943 Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta was honored by the Emperor of Japan. Japan's defeat in the Allied push to abduct youth ranks Indonesia's Sukarno and Hatta declared independence on August 17, and ended up being the beginning of the nation of Indonesia.
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