To what extent did the religion, ethnicity, and languages of the Indonesian Islands changed because of its exposure to other cultures.

By bode.3
  • 2000 BCE

    Antiquity

    Antiquity
    In ancient times the ethnicity of the indonesian region was the *Tai-Kadai who spoke a language of the same name, and practiced several common religious beliefs. They're Common religious beliefs were *SHAMANISM and *ANCESTOR WORSHIP. shamanism and then ancestor worship *SHAMANISM- Belief that there are very people who can communicate with the spirit and/or ancestors. All the way from the start of Indonesia, it was divided into different paths and with multiple rulers.
  • 600

    How did exposure to another culture change Indonesia

    How did exposure to another culture change Indonesia
    in the 600s South Indian sea traders brought Hinduism to Indonesia. Hindu was introduced to Indonesia all the way back in the 600s. When the Muslim traders came into Indonesia with Islam in the 1200s the religion started to grow throughout the years and spread to most islands except for Bali, which standed with Hindu.
  • 1200

    How did exposure to another culture change Indonesia

    How did exposure to another culture change Indonesia
    Muslim traders came into Indonesia in the 1200s bringing *ISLAM. The muslim traders had a great impact to the indonesian society. The muslims had a great impact to Indonesia because when they arrived from India in the 1200s they brought the Islam belief to Indonesia and has been a practice ever since.
  • 1500

    How did exposure to another culture change Indonesia

    How did exposure to another culture change Indonesia
    Portuguese arrived in Indonesia in the early 1500s and brought Roman Catholicism. The Portuguese were traveling to Indonesia in search of spice islands. The Portuguese arriving impacted the population bringing roman catholicism to 3.1% of the society.

  • Today

    Today
    These are Indonesia’s ethnicities, languages and religions. Indonesia has over 300 ethnic groups. Most of the society of Indonesia practices Islam, but many others believe in *HINDUISM and *CHRISTIANITY. Since the 1200s *ISLAM has been a practice for the indonesian society. Another ethnic group is called The *JAVANESE. Since 1949 Indonesia has been independent after the *DUTCH gave Indonesia up.