WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Anthony van Diemen, (born 1593, Culemborg, Neth.-died April 19, 1645, Batavia, Dutch East Indies ), colonial administrator who as governor-general of the Dutch East Indian settlements (1636–45) consolidated the Dutch interests in Southeast Asia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dutch rule from 1815 to c. 1920. Before the 19th century, Indonesian societies had experienced considerable pressure from Europeans, but they had not been consumed by Western influences. The political order of Mataram had been eroded, and the first steps had been taken toward administrative centralization in Java.

Detailed explanation-3: -Constituent countries Three Caribbean polities are countries (Dutch: landen) within the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten.

Detailed explanation-4: -During World War II the entire Dutch East Indies, excepting a part of southern Netherlands New Guinea, was occupied by Japan.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the Americas, fur (North America) and sugar (South America) were the most important trade goods, while African settlements traded the enslaved (mainly destined for the plantations on the Antilles and Suriname), gold, cupper and ivory.