1.

Ancient

2500 BC First arrived.

Hunt animal, collect shellfish, and plants for food.
Learned to grow crops and make pottery.
700 BC Learn to make bronze and iron.
400 BC Traded with china and India.
800 Indonesia becoming successful.
Hindu kingdom in central Java called Sailendra.
Buddhist kingdom in south Sumatra called Sriwijaya.
1300 Islam spreading by Indian merchants.
1400 Hindu kingdom called Majapahit Empire flourished.
1500 Indonesia rapid decline.

2. Colonial

1600 Portuguese arrived.

Seize Moluccas, the chief source of spice.
Huge profits for spices.
1700 Portuguese lost its position to the Dutch.
1806 British and Dutch went to war.
1830 Dutch won again.
1942 Japanese invaded Indonesia then Dutch surrendered.
Japanese exploited resources.
1945 Indonesia nationalists starts country independence.
Sukarno the first Indonesia president.
Hatta vice-president.
1946 Indonesia and Dutch signed Linggadjati agreement.
Dutch recognised as new republic in Java and Sumatra.
1949 Indonesia real independence after Dutch move away.

3. Modern Indonesia

1957 Political system changes from Parliamentary democracy to Guided Democracy.

Increases president power while parliament power decreases.
1960 Economy faltered, rapid inflation.
1965 Sukarno gave Suharto power.
Brought stability, Indonesia economy recovered.
1973 Benefits from high price of oil.
Agricultures became far more productive.
1997 Financial crisis happens.
1999 Election happen after Suharto resigned.
2001 Indonesia economy starts to grow steadily.