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Which Europeans were the first to set a
foot in Indonesia?
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Which part of Indonesia were those earlier
European conquerors most interested in?
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In the beginning of the 17th century the
Dutch founded a settlement on the north-western coast of
Java. Which name did they give to this rapidly expanding
township?
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As in nearly all colonial empires, besides
direct Dutch rule there was also an indirect rule by means
of local indigenous potentates, sultans, or lords of lesser
rank. What was the most important sultanate of the whole
of Indonesia?
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The year 1825 saw quite dangerous revolt
of a prince of a sultanate on Java, which took the Dutch
five years to suppress (and during which a Dutch general
shamelessly broke his word of honour that he had given to
the prince). What was the name of that prince, later on
-not quite rightly - regarded as a forerunner of Indonesian
independence?
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What was Indonesia called in the first
half of the twentieth century?
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Which nation kicked the colonial power
out of Indonesia in 1942?
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Who was Indonesia's first president?
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Whom did the 'Thirtieth of September Movement'
kill?
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Which territory did Indonesian troops go
into on the 7th December 1975?
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