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... History of Lombok
3. ... Lombok is not far away from Bali and many students of IBSN intend to have a short visit over there. Of course a visit to Lombok can enhance once knowledge about Indonesia.
This following assignment is about the Lombok. ... History of Lombok
Not much is known about the early history of Lombok. The earliest recorded society on Lombok was a relatively little kingdom of the Sasak. ...
The first recorded history of Lombok was the balinese rule during the 17th century. Between 1740 and 1890 balinese first conquered Lombok and then founded settlements in Lombok. One interesting aspect is the difference of ruling the western and the eastern parts of Lombok from the balinese government. Within the western parts of Lombok the balinese people and the Lombok people lived in harmony together. They accepted the Hinduism religion from Bali and also weddings between Balinese and Lombok people were common. ... So it is obvious that the people of eastern Lombok were hostile against the balinese Government.
During the balinese government in eastern part of Lombok the inhabitants tried to get back the control of their land and neighbourhood. ... They asked them for support for their rebellion and offered them to rule Lombok instead of the balinese government. The Dutches made a contract with the rebels of Lombok and sent a fleet with a large army to Lombok. ...
The Dutches ruled about half a century in Lombok. The Dutches grouped the eastern islands of Indonesia as the Lessar Sunda Islands, which included also Lombok. ... Lombok remained a poor island with uneven development. The government tried to ease the situation in Lombok with an “transmigrasi” program, which means that they try to settle down the local people in weathier areas. ... During the 90th Lombok attracked some tourists as an alternative to bali.
In 1997 Lombok was hit hard by the general downturn in indonesian tourism which caused many protests against the economical situation. At 17th January 2000 riots occurred in Lombok. ... The effect on tourism was enormous, and still Lombok suffers under this riot and it will take years until it can regenerate itself from this date. Actually Lombok is trying to promote its Island as a safe destination nevertheless. ... Geography
Lombok is divided into three kapupaten or districts - West, East and Central. ... Covering 4,700 sq km, Lombok is dominated by the magnificent volcano Mount Rinjani which rises to 3,726m making it the highest peak in Indonesia outside Irian Jaya. ... Other crops include cassava, cotton, tobacco, soyabean, areca nuts, chilli peppers (the name Lombok is Javanese for “chilli pepper”), cinnamon, cloves, vanilla and coffee. Lombok is also an important exporter of frogs`legs.
Approximate Word count = 2220
Approximate Pages = 8.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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