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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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