donesian History: August 2010In

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Srivijaya

Srivijaya was a ethnic Malay kingdom on Sumatra which influenced much of the Maritime Southeast Asia. From the 7th century CE, the powerful Srivijaya naval kingdom flourished as a result of trade and the influences of Hinduism and Buddhism that were...

Malang

Malang is the second largest city in East Java province, Indonesia. It has an ancient history dating back to the Mataram Kingdom. The city population at the present time is around 780,000. During the period of Dutch colonization, it was a popular destination...

Indonesian and Malay legends

Although time frames for the establishment of Islam in Indonesian regions can be broadly determined, the historical primary sources cannot answer many specific questions, and considerable controversy surrounds the topic. Such sources don't explain why...

The spread of Islam in Indonesia

Islam is thought to have first been adopted by peoples of the Indonesian archipelago during the eleventh century, although Muslims had visited the archipelago early in the Muslim era. By the end of the 16th century, Islam, through conversion, had surpassed...

Sunan Bayat

Sunan Bayat is often mentioned in the Javanese manuscripts of the Babad Tanah Jawi ("History of the land of Java") as a Wali Sanga (nine saints), although the chronicles do not generally consider Bayat as one of the main sanga. The Wali Sanga are associated...

Friday, August 27, 2010

Indonesian National Awakening

In October 1908, the first nationalist movement was formed, Budi Utomo. On September 10, 1912, the first nationalist mass movement was formed--Sarekat Islam. By December 1912, Sarakat Islam had 93,000 members. The Dutch responded after the First World...

Early kingdoms

References to the Dvipantara or Jawa Dwipa Hindu kingdom in Java and Sumatra appear in Sanskrit writings from 200 BC.[citation needed] The earliest archeological relic discovered in Indonesia is from the Ujung Kulon National Park, West Java, where...

Prehistory

Geologically the area of modern Indonesia appeared sometime around the Pleistocene period, when it was still linked with the Asian mainland. The archipelago formed during the thaw after the latest ice age. Fossilized remains of Homo erectness, popularly...

History of Indonesia

Indonesia is an architectonic country of 17,508 islands (6,000 inhabited) stretching along the equator in South East Asia. The country's strategic sea-lane position fostered inter-island and international trade; trade has since fundamentally shaped Indonesian...

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Environment and Natural Resources Nature in East Timor East Timor is not so rich in natural resources

Low rainfall and soil less productive. However, one of the natural resources that can be take advantage - if exploited for economic East Timor - are the sources of gas and oil earth contained in the Timor Gap. Sources of wealth oil and gas in the Timor...

Babad Tanah Jawi

Babad Tanah Jawi ("History of the land of Java"), is a generic title for a large number of manuscripts written in Javanese language. Their arrangements and details vary, and no copies of any of the manuscripts are older than the eighteenth century. Due...

Tourism

Tuban is famous for its unique batik, locally known as Batik Gedog. Typical motifs are sea animals in dark colours such as blue and purple. There is a traditional Chinese temple named Klenteng by the beach, which is visited by many local tourists from...

Story of Sunan Giri

According to the History Of Banten, a foreign holy man, Molana Usalam comes to Balambangan in the Eastern Salient of Java where Islam was not established until the eighteenth century. The daughter of Balambangan's ruler is critically ill, but recovers...

History of Banten

("History of Banten") is a Javanese texts containing stories of conversion to Islam in Indonesia. The manuscripts of the chronicle date from the late nineteenth century, although two are known to be copies written from the originals in the 1730s and...

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Education

There are two universities in Tuban, Universitas Sunan Bonang and the recently established Universitas Ronggolawe, which started as a Teacher Training College named IKIP PGRI TUBAN. Voluntary Service Overseas posted a number of ELT volunteers to train...

Economy

Tuban is famous for tobacco and hardwood teak production. PT Semen Gresik, a major state-owned cement company, opened the largest cement factory in Indonesia in Tuban in 1994. A petrochemical plant operated by Trans-Pacific Petrochemical Indotama (TPPI)...

Monday, August 23, 2010

History

The town's name has been derived from the following story: a mythical pair of birds flying from Majapahit to Demak dropped a precious heirloom stone on the town thereafter named Tuban based on the Javanese phrase "waTU tiBAN", which means "stone fallen...

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Tuban

Tuban is a town located on the north coast of Java, approximately 100 km west of Surabaya, the capital of East Java. Tuban is surrounded by Lamongan in the east, Bojonegoro in the south and Rembang, Central Java in the west. As an ancient town, Tuban...

Saturday, August 21, 2010

The spread of Islam in Indonesia

Although Muslim traders first traveled through South East Asia early in the Islamic era, the earliest evidence of Islamized populations in Indonesia dates to the 13th century in northern Sumatra. Although it is known that the spread of Islam began in...

ADDRESS Jihad Jihad cleric Bung Tomo DECLARATION OF JAVA SE FORGOTTEN

Name: Sutomo Born in Surabaya, East Java, October 3, 1920 - Died in Padang Arafah, Saudi Arabia, October 7th, 1981 at the age of 61 years Better known by the people familiar with the greeting as Bung Tomo hero who is famous for his role in inspiring...

Friday, August 20, 2010

Singhasari and Majapahit

Despite a lack of historical evidence, it is known that Majapahit was the most dominant of Indonesia's pre-Islamic states.[17] The Hindu Majapahit kingdom was founded in eastern Java in the late 13th century, and under Gajah Mada it experienced what...

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Medang

Medang or previously known as Mataram was an Indianized kingdom based in Central Java around modern-day Yogyakarta between the 8th and 10th centuries. The centre of the kingdom was moved from Central Java to East Java by Mpu Sindok. The move may have...

Monday, August 16, 2010

Americans celebrate the independence of Indonesia to participate-65

NEW YORK, kabarbisnis.com: Government of the United States (U.S.) to celebrate the history of Indonesia is so rich and praised the democratization process that had been built by Indonesia. "Changes in Indonesia into a country with a flourishing democracy...

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Colonial era

Beginning in the 16th century, successive waves of Europeans—the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and British sought to dominate the spice trade at its sources in India and the 'Spice Islands' (Maluku) of Indonesia. This meant finding a way to Asia to cut...

Independence War

Between the years 1945 to 1949, the union of Australia who sympathized with the independence of Indonesia banned all Dutch shipping in the Netherlands during this conflict that does not have any going well logistical support necessary to restore colonial...

Sign of independence

Hearing The news that Japan no longer have the power to make decisions like the one above, Sukarno reading "Independence Perisytiharan Republic of Indonesia" the next day, namely 17 Ogos 1945. News about independence perisytiharaan disseminated through...

Dutch East Indies colonial Sarekat

Dutch East Indies Sarekat logo Starting in 1602, the Dutch use to the divisions between the small kingdoms that had replaced Majapahit, and Step by Step become the ruler who is now the Indonesian region. The only one not affected is that of Portuguese...

Hindu Buddhist kingdoms

Starting from the 4th century in the kingdom of Kutai in East Kalimantan exactly is the first Hindu kingdom in the archipelago. then development continues between the 7th century until the 14th century, Buddhism, Srivijaya kingdom in Sumatra growing...

Indonesia's early history

Indian scholars have written about Dwipantara or Dwipa Javanese Hindu kingdom in Java and Sumatra around 200 BC. Kingdom of West Java more specifically mastered in about the year 400, with the arrival of Buddhism in the area during the year 425. In the...

Indonesian Prehistoric

Geologically, the territory of Indonesia Modern emerged roughly around the Pleistocene era when the region was still connected with the Asian mainland. The region's first settlers was a man known to Java at the time of around 500 000 years ago. Indonesian...

Friday, August 13, 2010

The Sultanate of Banten

In 1524-25, Sunan Gunung Jati from Cirebon, together with the armies of Demak Sultanate, seized the port of Banten from the Sunda kingdom, and established The Sultanate of Banten. This was accompanied by Muslim preachers and the adoption of Islam amongst...

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Sultanate of Mataram

The Sultanate of Mataram was the third Sultanate in Java, after the Sultanate of Demak Bintoro and the Sultanate of Pajang. According to Javanese records, Kyai Gedhe Pamanahan became the ruler of the Mataram area in the 1570s with the support of the...

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Dengue Sampit

Beginning of the riots: Ethnic riots erupted in Sampit since the assassination of several residents of Madura in the housing complex is located in the northern suburbs Sampit conducted by a group of provocateurs paid by each of the two local government...

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