{"id":312,"date":"2018-06-14T11:40:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T11:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scubadivermag.com\/content-hub\/murcia\/?page_id=312"},"modified":"2019-07-03T11:26:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T11:26:09","slug":"history-of-timor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scubadivermag.com\/content-hub\/timor\/history-of-timor\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"312\" class=\"elementor elementor-312\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-683d4cda elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-full elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"683d4cda\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-300cdff2\" data-id=\"300cdff2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6699f1e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6699f1e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History of Timor<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4afcfdf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4afcfdf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-900298f\" data-id=\"900298f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9658680 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9658680\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>East Timor, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Timor-Leste<\/a>\u00a0(although the official name is the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste), has had quite a colourful past. Archaeological evidence, including ancient rock art and stone carvings, show that people have been living there for over 4,000 years.<\/p><p>It was heavily involved in trading networks with the Chinese and Indians, in the 13<sup>th<\/sup> century exporting sandalwood, honey and wax, and it was the abundance of the former \u2013 sandalwood \u2013 that first attracted European explorers in the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century.<\/p><p>The Portuguese founded the city of Dili in 1769, and the colony of Portuguese Timor was declared. 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title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13fb2bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13fb2bc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-157de99\" data-id=\"157de99\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4f6985 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4f6985\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During World War Two, first the Allies and then the Japanese occupied Dili, and the mountainous interior became the scene of a guerrilla campaign, known as the Battle of Timor, which was waged by Timorese volunteers and Allied forces against the Japanese. The Japanese eventually drove the Allied forces out, after a bloody conflict that cost between 40,000 and 70,000 Timorese, but after the war ended, Portuguese control was reinstated.<\/p><p>This continued until November 1975, when the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor declared the territory\u2019s independence. Fearing a communist state within the Indonesian archipelago, the Indonesian military \u2013 with support from Australia, Britain and the United States &#8211; invaded just nine days later and occupied the territory. It was then declared Indonesia\u2019s 27<sup>th<\/sup> province on 17 July 1976.<\/p><p>There then followed a 24-year conflict between separatist groups and the Indonesian military, which cost the lives of more than 200,000 Timorese, until in 1999, following the United Nations-sponsored independent referendum, Indonesia finally relinquished control of the territory. Timor-Leste became the first new sovereign state of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century on 20 May 2002, and joined the United Nations soon after. 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