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A Brief History of Indonesia

Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation

Pocket
Engelsk
Brief History Of Asia Series
A Brief History of Indonesia
A Brief History of Indonesia
  • Forfatter: Hannigan
  • Format: Pocket
  • Antall sider: 288
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • Serienavn: Brief History Of Asia Series
  • EAN: 9780804844765
  • Utgivelsesår: 2015
  • Bidragsyter: Hannigan
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Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World''s Largest Archipelago

Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and has the fourth largest population in the world after the United States. Indonesian history and culture are especially relevant today as the Island nation is an emerging power in the region with a dynamic new leader. It is a land of incredible diversity and unending paradoxes that has a long and rich history stretching back a thousand years and more.

Indonesia is the fabled "Spice Islands" of every school child''s dreams—one of the most colorful and fascinating countries in history. These are the islands that Europeans set out on countless voyages of discovery to find and later fought bitterly over in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. This was the land that Christopher Columbus sought, and Magellan reached and explored. One tiny Indonesian island was even exchanged for the island of Manhattan in 1667!

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