Author: Petros

With 18,000 islands spanning 3.8 million square miles, Indonesia is a vast, diverse country. Nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean in Southeast Asia, its strategic location along major sea routes has established the archipelago as a transit and trade hub for centuries. Even before European explorers set off on voyages of discovery during the 16th and 17th centuries, merchants and traders from China, India, the Middle East, and neighboring Siam (now Thailand) and Malacca (now part of Malaysia) flocked to the archipelago for fragrant seasonings, such as clove and nutmeg from the spice islands of Moluccas (now…

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