A Brief History of Indonesian Islands

Since prehistoric times, the islands of Indonesia have been inhabited early humans or the Pithecanthropus erectus (upright apeman) who lived more than a million years ago. Other prehistoric species were most recently examined was Homo floresiensis has made the Islands their home.

Based on China's historical records mention that trade between India and the Islands have been inhabited since the first century CE. Maritime empires of Srivijaya, power, which is around Pelembang in South Sumatra Province, a center of Buddhist education. The Kingdom holds the power over the sea and the Strait of Malacca off Sumatra century 7 to 13. In the twentieth century until the 9th ke8, Syailendra dynasty of Mataram in Central Java to build a magnificent temple of Borobudur Buddhist style, followed by the construction of Prambanan Hindu built the elegant Kings namely Rakai Pikatan of Sanjaya.

In 1294 the Majapahit Empire on Java controlled the islands of the archipelago. Islam progressed to the next here through the trade route from India and then made him up to now as the majority religion of the population of Indonesia. Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam grew in the archipelago so influenced the culture and way of life of the society to this day.

Marco Polo was the first European to set foot in Sumatra. Then, in the search for the Spice-producing island. The Portuguese had conquered Spain and the Islands are rich in spices until finally the first Netherlands 1596 a ship docked at the waterfront in West Java and slowly but surely plugging its hegemony. More than three centuries later, the Netherlands gradually colonize the Islands until the Netherlands Indies Government stood. Revolt against the invaders soon happened across the country. Indonesia's youth, the youth Oath in 1928 with mengumandangakan unity, "one country, one nation and one language: Indonesia". 

Finally, on 17 August 1945, after Japan's defeat in World War II, the people of Indonesia declared their independence through the proclamation represented Sukarno and Hatta. Freedom, not easily given. After the bloody battle for years against the Netherlands finally officially acknowledged Indonesia's independence in 1949.

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