A Brief History of Indonesia

A Brief History of Indonesia Title : A Brief History of Indonesia Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; 1 edition (August 18, 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 0804844763 ISBN-13: 978-0804844765 Description : 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 bi...