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Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, and is not as well known as others. HistoryThe prehistory of Indonesia, Antiquity, and Classical and medieval history re not yet well known. Greatest attention is being given to it in modern times, with its conquest by the Portuguese and rule by the Dutch, and its independence in the 20th century. Its future has not yet been closely examined. |
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Other SociologyIndonesia is connected to many other nations.[most recently, Argentina, Spain, Sudan, Tanzania] Those particularly connected at present are listed below under the peoples they belong to. It is part of Asiatic peoples [ Burma]. It specifically is includied among Southeast Asian peoples along with Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand. but is historically not one of the major centers of civilization. There are connections to Oriental peoples including China and Japan, and South Korea. There are also connections to South Asian peoples including those of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, To Middle Eastern peoples including those of Egypt, Turkey, Iran, and to Central asian peoples. There are also connections to Western civ, United States,Brazil, Russia Mexico, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Italy, Ukraine, Colombia more to Germanic and Latin peoples rather than Anglic peoples. Connections to Northeast European, Balkan, and scandinavian peoples are much weaker.There are also connections to African peoples, represented by Nigeria, Ethiopia, Congo, and South Africa. There are fewwer connections to American Indian peoples such as are found in the United States and Brazil, Mexico, Colombia Major cities and other prominent communities include: Social structure and change is highly complex. Social structure including anthropological structure, cultural structure, institutional structure, class structure, and community structure is particularly complex. Social types may include hunting and gatheringsocieties. They presently include some horticultural, largely agrarian, and some industrial types. Social change will also be considered. Factors of change such as natural change, demographic change, cultural change, and institutional change can be considered. Processes of change including innovation, transmission, adaptation, and extinction can be considered. Particular changes include agricultural revolution, agrarian revolution, and industrial revolution. Specific features of the Early industrial revolution, middle industrial revolution, and late industrial revolution have been selectively included. InstitutionsFamily structure including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families will be a vital part of studies of Indonesia. I lack details on its education. Research, teaching, and cultural institutions will need to be connected. Educational organization including course material, students, faculty, and educational administration can be connected. Particular schools including primary, secondary, and higher education can be considered. Connections with economics will also be developed. Economic activities including production, consumption, and distribution and change will be important. Industries including companies and Agriculture, extraction and manufacturing, building and construction, social and medical, transportation, communication, and commercial and financial services can be examined. and economic systems including firms, networks, types of systems, and system behavior can be connected. Government with its areas of law including Western law, Asiatic law, tribal law, and international law will be significant. Government structure including political parties and interest groups, judicial systems, legislative system, executive systems, and heads of state, and forms of government can be considered. Government activities including succession, administration, and state relations can be considered. Particular governments including local governent, and national government can be examined. international government including traditional empires, colonial government, and modern compacts can be considered. Religion includes various beliefs, and practices. Organization seems to be fragmented. Its religions traditions are primarily Abrahamic. The country is predominantly Muslim, but with small groups of Christians including Catholics, Protestants, perhaps a few Orthodox, and a very few Mormons, and Jews. Asiatic religion including Indian, Oriental and possibly Persian components has some influence. Pagan religion including Asiatic religion, European religion, American Indian religion, African religion, and neopaganism does not seen to be particularly important. Some secularism can also be also found. CultureMaterial culture such as foodstuffs, clothing, buildings, transportation, communication, industrial artifacts, and other artifacts is important. Conceptual culture including literature, graphics, and language can be connected. Mathematics including foundations, arithmetic, algebra, analysis, geometry, and statistics can be considered. Applied science including such topics as measurement, engineering science, navigation, medical science, information and computing science, accoutning, and applied social science can be considered. Philosophy including logic, metaphysics, epistemology, asthetics, ethics, special topics, and philosophical schools and doctrines can be considered. Customs including vital customs, living and dwelling, dress and adornment, social interaction, and institutional customs will be added. Occupations including food related, building related, transportation related, communication related, industrial occupations, and service occupations can be connected. Recreation and entertainment including music, dance, theater, games, and sports will be useful. Cultural events such as miscellaneous events, disasters, fairs and conventions, and holidays can also be considered. AnthropologySocial foundations, including social presentation, social interactions, social control, group behavior, and group types seems indirectly useful to Indonesia. Demography including births, migration, deaths, population size and structure, and population behavior will be significant. Estimated population (July 2008) is 237,512,355. Physical anthropology including human origins, human variation, and human dispersion is connected. Human ecology including environmental effects on people, relations with other life, and human effects on the environment can be considered. Human geography including Asian geography may be useful. Southeast Asia, Oceania, or both will be useful. It has an estimated total area of 1,919,440 km2 and a mean population density of 123.7 persons/km2. Particular groups may be useful. Personal studiesThe human body including body systems, body functions, life cycle, disease, and form and appaarance seems indirectly useful. Psychology including behavioral elements, mind, behavior patterns, developmental psychology, mental disorders, personality, and social psychology may be useful. I do not yet have connections to biography. SciencePhysics and chemistry are only indirectly useful to Indonesia. Astronomy is somewhat better connected. Earth science including geology, hydrospheric science, atmospheric science is more useful. Physical geography including mapping, oceanic geography, and terrestrial geography can be connected. Geohistory including the Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras is better connected. Biology is somewhat useful. Molecular biology and cell biology, are indirectly useful. Organism biology including habitat, tissued, organ systems, form, life cycle, and behavior can be connected. Systematics including microbes, protists, plants, fungi, and animals are more directly useful. Ecology including behavioral ecology, population ecology, community ecology, systems ecology, evolution, ecosystems, and biogeography can be connected. Biohistory including Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic biohistory may be useful. |
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