dMAC Digest Volume 5 No 3 ~ Djakarta Journal # 1

By Duncan MacDonald

Jakarta, Indonesia, in all its various guises - at times under the influence of Chinese, Indians, Portuguese, Dutch, British and Japanese, dates back over two thousand years. This is a snapshot of some the main events that led to the modern, thriving, cosmopolitan city it has become. This first edition covers the history of Djakarta, from the earliest human habitation, up to the days of the Dutch, circa 1811 CE. Our next edition will illuminate the period from the British occupation, to the Declaration of Independence in 1945

• Language: English
• Publisher: Duncan MacDonald
• Release date: Oct 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311167118

Duncan MacDonald

Duncan is an Australian currently living in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is married to Shinta Dewi Sanawiya, muse, mate, motivator and President Director of the business he founded in 1993, dMAC Group in Asia, now PT Daya MACro Dinamika.Duncan has had a passion for history since childhood. He travelled alone to Turkey in 1975 to visit ANZAC Cove, scene of Australia and New Zealand’s entry to World War I. He then worked for 5 years in London, enabling him to research the Roman Empire’s occupation of Britain and question the Arthurian legends. He has published his illustrated historical e-novels set in Ireland and Britain in the 1st-7th centuries on Smashwords. Search for 'Culann - Celtic Warrior Monk'.Duncan has also published an illustrated account of his private pilgrimage to 'Anzac Cove and Lone Pine in 1975' - Search for 'Anzac'Those interested in obtaining the latest historical information on the Battle of Waterloo, (detailing who actually defeated Napoleon) can download Duncan's illustrated version in dMAC Digest Vol 4 No 6 'Waterloo'. Also the Jakarta Journals, tracing Indonesian history over the past 2,000 years, up to granting of Independence in December 1949.Any one of Duncan's 12 'dMAC Digest Health & History' magazines, or 5 illustrated historical novels can be downloaded at Smashwords.'Britannia Bulletin #1 and #2' are the latest illustrated historical novel published by Duncan. Set in the 1st & 2nd century CE we follow the adventures of a Roman Legionary in Europe & Britain. He records the lives of the early Roman Emperors and Governors of Britannia, their initial rise to power and occasional fall from grace. Major battles are dealt with in detail.

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Djakarta Journal # 1

to 1811 CE

Volume 5 ~ No 3

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Edited by

Duncan MacDonald

23 October 2015

Dedicated to my darling wife Shinta

Copyright 2015 Duncan MacDonald

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Cover page image – Plan of Batavia, by Jansson van Waesberg, 1681

Table of Contents

Djakarta Journal # 1

Early Man

1st Century BCE

5th Century CE

Hindu Temples

Sunda Kalapa

Jayakarta

Islam

The Portuguese

The Dutch

Batavia

Chinese Massacre

The French Revolution

The Dutch-Napoleonic Era

Why is Indonesia the world’s largest Muslim county

Conclusion

About the Editor

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Djakarta Journal # 1

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Jakarta 23 October 2015

Batavia 1726 ~ ~ Copper engraving by Valentijn

Jakarta in its various guises - at times under the influence of Indians, Portuguese, Dutch, British and Japanese, dates back over two thousand years. This is a snapshot of some the of main events up to the year 1811 CE (Common Era), that led to the modern, thriving, cosmopolitan city it has become.

Early Man

One of the earliest fossils found in Indonesia was the Java Man or Solo Man, Homo erectus soloensis, who walked the earth between 550,000 and 143,000 years ago (as re-dated in 2011). The first true man (Homo sapiens) came to Indonesia about 40,000 years ago. They led a nomadic life, then vanished a long time ago, like the shadows of the wayang puppets, beyond the edge of history.

Java / Solo Man (Homo erectus soloensis) ~ Prehistoric life as depicted by Sangiran Museum (Solo)

The fossils of Java Man, (a tooth, a skullcap and a thighbone) were discovered by a Dutch team led by Eugène Dubois in 1891 and 1892, on the banks of the Solo River in East Java. The fossils have been housed at the Naturalis Museum in Leiden, Netherlands since 1900.

The last Great Ice Age ended about 12,000 years in the distant past. As the earth grew warmer, the ice retreated north, the seas rose, fragmenting the land of Indonesia into many islands, large and small. The Indonesian archipelago today consists of about 3,000 islands.

Newcomers sailed down along the coasts of South Asia, to find fresh lands and to start a new life. They came in dug-out canoes with outriggers, and some crossed the shallow and narrow seas between islands on rafts to Irian and Australia, and beyond.

New botanical and archaeological evidence prove that