Indonesia’s butterfly effect on human history

Indonesia has had an overlooked impact on human history. Ridiculous fast shifts in the global climate, changes to North America’s population distribution, the development of the modern financial markets, to even the creation of a new religion with millions of members. Indonesia has either been at the center of it or indirectly caused it and its influence on the world is likely to grow.

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[GeographyGeek]

In retrospect I wish I’d mentioned a few more things in this video. It’s a bit of a hodgepodge of information I had complied for random facts videos and later realized I had enough to turn it into an entire Indonesian video. With little more thought or research I unintentionally covered mostly topics that related to the western world. If you scroll through the comments you’ll see tons of other examples of how Indonesia has influenced the world.

I plan to make more videos on Indonesia and it’s surrounding area. This was in a way my entry point into learning more and covering more of the region.

Edit: spelling

[Kang_biru]

Indonesia also indirectly influenced Belgian independence.
The Java War of 1825 - 1830 drained Dutch finances so that they were unable to maintain their colony in Belgium.

[thegreatbookofgrudges]

Indonesia is like that land in fantasy universe where no one knows its existence but bring this cataclysmic event in your continent

[shellamuchtar]

Indonesians medieval history also affected the merchant ships worldwide. It was a great local story, that the merchants never tell to the west

[voaniopalm]

As an indonesian, all of this facts are true and well researched. You even included the how "unique" dutch colonialism compared to the spanish/ Portuguese one. Especially their rather opportunistic strategy. It's a fact that many of indonesian don't even know, but if you study indonesian history, that is true, and even contributed to the preservation of some local religions (bali for example)

[matthijsweststrate]

Indonesia also impacted my family. My uncle went to Indonesia 8 or 9 years ago and is now married 4 or 5 years to someone from Indonesia

[novalarifin]

Would you like to include Max Havelaar? The book that dubbed the book that killed colonialism

[janvanwelvaart]

As a Dutch, I feel deep connection to Indonesian history and culture. In the past, the World just simply called these archipelago as "part of India" or "East Indies". And in the any ancient and medieval history, Indonesian people seems like any remote area for many big societies. Yet I believe Indonesians had part of world societies without we realized it. It's because of toponym. For Javanese people, Indonesian archipelago was called as "Nusantara", and the various ethnic groups living there didn't have any precise name for it. For Malay people, Sumatra was called "Suvarnadvipa". For Sundanese, Sumatra was called "Srivijaya". And also for any world explorer. For Greek people, some of these islands (probably Sumatra and Java) was called "Chryse and Argyre", and "Chersonese Aurea" for Malay Peninsular area. For Arab and Persian, they called Sumatra as "Zabaj" and "Siribuza". For Cambodian, they called Java as "Javadvipa". Medieval Japanese called Borneo as "The Southern Forest Island". During the Portuguese and Spanish colonial, Japanese also called Maluku as "Oriental Spice Islands". In Latin, Sumatra was called "Gamispola". Some of European explorers wrongly named these place by their native tongue like "Camotora" (Portuguese for Sumatra), "Borneo" (British for Brunei - and now for all entire Borneo island), "Celebes" (French for Sulawesi, adopted by the Dutch), "Mollucas" (British for Maluku, the Dutch named it "Molukkers"), etc. And I believe there are more names that refer to Indonesian in the ancient documents and accounts. For the native Indonesians in the ancient back then, they didn't need anymore land outside Indonesia like Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, or Europe. They already lived in the heaven-like place. That's why they also seems like remote people. But the big kingdoms already had bilateral relationship with both the entire archipelago and outside archipelago.

[nildaanil]

Indonesia doesn't need any fancy nuclear nor ballistic missile for WW3, they simply exist as a world's reset button

[akmalrafiaa]

1:40 I also remember reading somewhere that Napoleon lost a key battle due to the weather being influenced by a volcano eruption in Indonesia

[muh.andianto]

Indonesia also had some influences in geo-politic during cold war, which they are one of countries who initiated Non-Aligned Movement.

[Mysterious_Person.]

History of Indonesia (Revamp)
BCE/SM
Gunung padang 10000 BC-3000BC
Gowa pawon kingdom 9500 BC-100
Paguyangan kingdom 7000 BC-170
Cibedug kingdom 3300 BC-140
Cipari kingdom 1000 BC-500 BC
Pasir angin kingdom 800 BC-400 BC
Caragin kurung kingdom 200 BC-150
Buni kingdom 200 BC-100

AD/Sesudah masehi
Ujung kulon kingdom 100-151
Teluk lada/Salakanagara kingdom 78-362
Tarumanagara kingdom 368-699
Indra prahasta kingdom 398-408
Kuta martapura kingdom 400-1635
Galuh kingdom 670-1482
Srivijaya kingdom 670-1257 p
Mataram kingdom 732-1016
Dharmasraya kingdom 1183-1347
Aru kingdom 1225-1613
Samudra pasai kingdom 1267-1521
Kuta Kertanegara kingdom 1300-present
Gowa-tallo sultane 1320-1905
Button sultane 1332-1960
Pagaruyung kingdom 1347-1825
Sunda kingdom 932-1572
Bali kingdom 978-1908
Kediri kingdom1045-1222
Singhasari kingdom 1222-1292
Majapahit kingdom 1292-1527
Ternate sultane 1401-present
Cirebon sultane 1430-1677
Tidore sultane1401-present
Demak sultane 1475-1568
Aceh sultane(Ottoman) 1406-1903
Gowa sultane 1320-1905
Pajajaran kingdom 1482-1579
Blambangan kingdom 1489-1777
Banjar sultane1530-1905
Banten sultane 1507-1813
Mataram sultane1506-1755
Portugis colonies 1509-1574
Spain colonies 1521-1529
Ducth East Indies Company 1610-1799
Dutch East Indies (French Colony) 1806-1811
Dutch East Indies (British Empire Colony) 1811-1815
Dutch East Indies 1815-1942
Dutch East Indies (japanese Empire) 1942-1945
Republic of Indonesia 1945-1949
United States of Indonesia 1949-1950
Republic of Indonesia (old orde) 1950-1966
Republic of Indonesia (new orde) 1966-1998
Republic of Indonesia 1998-Present
All is History of Indonesia
Old orde the leadership of Soekarno and Bung Hatta
New orde the lardership of Soeharo and Timor Leste is part of Indonesia
First kingdom:Salakanagara kingdom
Last kingdom:Majapahit kingdom
First sultane:Ternate sultane
Last sultane:mataram sultane
First Colony:Dutch Empire
Last Colony:Japanese Empire

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[isalutfi]

Hi, thank you for making this great video. Greetings from Indonesia 🇮🇩

[budicaesar]

There's also the fact that due to the bad weather caused bu the Mount Tambora eruption, Napoleon lost the battle of waterloo because the bad weather made the terrain of Waterloo to be muddy.

[anythingwrez]

Indonesia's archipelago is unique and beautifully formed from east to west. Stunning

[dutchman]

Looking at this video over a plate with nasi goreng, sambal oelek, saté ajam, kroepoek, seroendeng, atjar tjampoer and koe loe kai, makes me realize Indonesia shaped more than what you mentioned...
Going to get some spekkoek, vanilla ice, and java coffee at the toko for tomorrow to go after the leftovers.
Thanks for another great video!

[dom-romer]

The fact that they discovered Madagascar is crazy 😃😃

[SetuwoKecik]

You're telling me Krakatoa eruption in 1883 indirectly caused the creation of "Still a better love story than Twilight" meme?

[goodmoodgoodday]

Indeed Indonesia is very unique and totally underestimated. Its blessed with stunning nature of all varieties. Its so rich in minerals and metals, oil, gas, you name it.
I emigrate 20 years ago to indonesia, I found my luck here and will continue to contribute my knowledge to help its kind people and the country itself.

[annonannon]

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