How the Dutch Colonized Indonesia

The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of the southeast Asia continues with a video on how Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch.

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[WORLDCRUSHER]

It's crazy how much the fate of billions of people has been altered all because certain plants taste really good

[TheAriebudhiw]

'The spice must flow' - Dutch (18th century)

[BackgroundHistory]

A friend of mine went on a trip to Indonesia last year and even though Indonesia doesn't speak Dutch, you can still see its influence on the language as there are many loanwords that come from Dutch, like handuk, asbak, polisi and stopkontakt!

On the Dutch side Indonesian food is some of the most popular food in the Netherlands!

[LeoWarrior]

Who needs Manhattan anyways? Nutmeg will be extremely profitable forever

[lyonvensa]

In Indonesia, the way the Dutch made the Nusantaran people fight each other is called 'Adu Domba', literally meaning "Sheep fight". The kingdoms back then are always embroiled in their own struggles, they failed to see the Dutch controlling them for their own interests.

[Dexalium]

Title: Contains Indonesia
Indonesians: **Summoned**

[muazzamshaikh]

This may not be relevant here, but one of the reason the Dutch didn't interfere in the religion of the Indonesians i.e Islam, is because of their alliance with the Turks who both shared antagonism towards Catholics. The phrase Liever Turks dan Paaps ("Rather a Turk than a Papist") was a Dutch slogan during the Dutch Revolt of the end of the 16th century.

[bazo]

Indonesia back then was consist of independent kingdoms fighting each other for power and domination. The European, especially the Dutch, just take advantage of their rivalry by assisting one kingdom destroy their enemy then turned against them later. Repeat, and profit.

[bundcb]

"The Republic of Indonesia is made up of 10s thousands of islands, hundreds of cultures and languages." - Indonesia vs Estonia video

[pattonramming]

Too often popular imagination tells us that Europe conquered the world through sheer military might when in reality colonial ventures owe their success to prudent diplomacy that makes use of pre-existing rivalries between existing nations while the same nations in turn used the Europeans as an instrument against their rivals and in many cases a key pillar of their power

[arveanturtelcontar]

Excellent video about our nation history! One small note, Sultan Agung use the title "Sultan" near the end of his rule, he mainly use the Javanese title Panembahan. He asked the Sharif of Mecca for the title of Sultan, because the ruler of Banten use that title and Panembahan Hanyakrakusuma (who claim the lordship of Java) think he's the one ruler who deserve it. Banten however, maintain the last local "Intercontinental tradefleet". Also, Mataram numerous Civil War is much more chaotic than the Game of Thrones story, in case you want to cover it.

[ISAF_Ace]

It is astounding how the Dutch were able to maintain a colony so far away from their homeland, and so much larger than them geographically and in population. Even for a modern army against natives, that’s nothing to scoff at.

[delusional]

Super Informative. Mixed feelings watching this as a fellow ASEAN/Nusantara Singaporean. Plenty of suffering, and then unity from the ashes of that suffering. Well, the past is the past. We look to the future now. Lots more blessings, health and prosperity for our Indonesian sisters and brothers 😇 Looking forward to more Indonesian videos, thanks K&G!

[fauzanabdurrahman]

as an indo, i want to add that the true reason those dutchies sequoias colonized us is because we have cool mountains, something that's non-existent in their low altitude habitat, that is the netherlands.

they're also great waterbenders so that kinda helps their quest in our country, which is broken ngl

[MRCS_-stec]

Fun fact, there are so many "sacred" 18th century cannons in Indonesia that people said the weapons was possessed by the spirit of the ancestors. It is so sacred that some people even refuse to touch the cannons or even look at it.

Tracing back to history, it is said that the "mystical" sacredness of such cannons, were made by the Dutch. To prevent any local rebellions who use gunpowder based weaponry.

So after the fall/subjugations of major kingdoms in Nusantara. Many local rebellions only uses farming equipment or homemade melee weapons. This is why even in our history lesson back in the schools, they told us that local kingdoms are primitive compared to the European gunnery.

The Sultan Agung offensive to Sunda Kelapa or Jakarta in the present day. Already equipped his soldiers with guns and cannons. Demak Sultanate naval offensive to the Portuguese in Malaka. Also utilized a huge Junk ship, that dwarves Portuguese ships at that time.

But still, after a chain of defeats and local rivalries. European gunneries are far exceeding the local traditional technology.

[corne]

Finally a video about my country after all these years while we have such an interesting history! Thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you ❤❤❤

[raihanwidodo]

"My spice, my East Indies, my VOC" - Jan Pieterzoon Coen

[blazinchalice]

This fascinating sweep of hundreds of years of history was masterfully done, and I learned a lot. Great job.

[hadoop]

VOC, the true winner of the game of thrones

[jonagill]

I would also like to say, I really appreciate the work you guys put into the videos, very very appealing to watch while gaining such well expressed knowledge. Thank you very much for your work🙏🙏🙏