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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 SociologyOther peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change can be used to examine Indonesia. InstitutionsReligionThe religious traditions of Indonesia are primarily Abrahamic. The country is predominantly Muslim, but with small groups of Christians including Protestants, perhaps a few Orthodox, and a very few Mormons. Catholicism is present. Protestanism can be connected. It is doubtful whether Old Christianity ever reached Indonesia. There are a few 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. Religious organization seems to be fragmented. Various practices and beliefs can be considered. GovernmentParticular governments including local government, and national government can be examined. international government including traditional empires and colonial government, and modern compacts can be considered. Modern compacts including regional associations, special purpose associations, and temporary alliances can be connected. World government including the League of Nations and the United Nations can be connected. Government activities including succession, administration, and state relations can be considered. 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. Law including Western law, Asiatic law, tribal law, and international law will be significant. EconomicsEconomic 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. EducationResearch, 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. Family structure including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families will be a vital part of studies of Indonesia. CultureCustoms 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. 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. Material culture such as foodstuffs, buildings, transportation, communication, industrial artifacts, and other artifacts is important. Clothing and dress can be connected. AnthropologyParticular groups may be useful. 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. Human ecology including environmental effects on people, relations with other life, and human effects on the environment can be considered. Physical anthropology including human origins, human variation, and human dispersion is connected. Demography including births, migration, deaths, population size and structure, and population behavior will be significant. Estimated population (July 2008) is 237,512,355. Social foundations, including social presentation, social interactions, social control, group behavior, and group types seems indirectly useful to Indonesia. Personal studiesI do not yet have connections to biography. The 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. 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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