The history of Indonesia has been shaped by its geographic position, natural resources, a series of human migrations and contacts, wars and conquests, as well as by trade, economics and politics. Indo
As early as the 1st century CE Indonesian vessels made trade voyages as far as Africa. Picture: a ship carved on Borobudur, c. 800 CE.
The replica of Java Man skull, originally discovered in Sangiran, Central Java
The syntype fossils of Java Man (H. e. erectus), at Naturalis, Leiden
A megalithic statue in the Bada Valley, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi. Estimated to be up to 5,000 years old, these stone figures are part of a little-understood prehistoric culture. Dozens of megaliths with human-like and abstract forms are found throughout the region.
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Comprising between 13,000 and 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Jav
History of Indonesia
…its geographic position, natural resources, a series of human migrations and contacts, wars and conquests, as well as by trade, economics and politics. Indonesia is an archipelagic country of more than 17,000 islands stretching along the equator in Southeast Asia and Oceania. The country's strategic sea-lane…
A prehistoric animal figure in the Lubang Jeriji Saléh cave, estimated to be more than 40,000 years old.
An 1835 painting of the submission of Prince Diponegoro to General De Kock at the end of the Java War in 1830
Indonesian nationalists riding through the streets, November 1945
Damage following the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Banda Aceh, January 2005