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'''Nusantara''', officially the '''Confederation of Nusantara''', is a transcontinental country primarily located in [[Southeast Asia]] between the [[Indian ocean|Indian]] and [[Pacific ocean|Pacific]] oceans. Compromising over [[Islands of Nusantara|17,000 islands]], Nusantara is the world's largest archipelagic state and the [[List of countries and dependencies by area|12th-largest country]] by land area at 2,410,489 square kilometers (930,695 square miles). The [[Nusantaran archipelago]] is made up of five main islands—[[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Borneo]], [[Sulawesi]], and [[New Guinea]]—as well as two island chains: the [[Maluku Islands|Moluccas]] and the [[Lesser Sunda Islands|Lesser Sundas]]. The country shares maritime borders with [[Wikipedia:Australia|Australia]], [[Malaya]], the [[Wikipedia:Philippines|Philippines]], and the [[Wikipedia:Solomon Islands|Solomon Islands]]. With a population of 308 million, Nusantara is the [[List of countries and dependencies by population|4th most populous country]].

Early humans arrived in ~~the Nusantaran Archipelago~~ during the Pleistocene with fossilized remains of [[Wikipedia:Java Man|Java Man]]—a form of ''[[Wikipedia:Homo erectus|Homo erectus]]''—dating back 1.5 to 1.7 million ~~years ago~~. Modern humans arrived later ~~some~~ 50,000 ~~years ago~~, followed by waves of migration of Austronesian peoples from [[Taiwan]].

Early humans arrived in modern-day Nusantara during the Pleistocene with fossilized remains of [[Wikipedia:Java Man|Java Man]]—a form of ''[[Wikipedia:Homo erectus|Homo erectus]]''—dating back 1.5 to 1.7 million BC. Modern humans arrived later around 50,000 BC, followed by waves of migration of [[Austronesian peoples|Austronesian peoples]] from [[Taiwan]] spanning multiple millennia from around 2,000 to 4,000 BC. Being at the crossroads of East and South Asia, the region quickly became an important link in maritime international trade, which led to

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	'''Nusantara''', officially the '''Confederation of Nusantara''', is a transcontinental country primarily located in [[Southeast Asia]] between the [[Indian ocean\|Indian]] and [[Pacific ocean\|Pacific]] oceans. Compromising over [[Islands of Nusantara\|17,000 islands]], Nusantara is the world's largest archipelagic state and the [[List of countries and dependencies by area\|12th-largest country]] by land area at 2,410,489 square kilometers (930,695 square miles). The [[Nusantaran archipelago]] is made up of five main islands—[[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Borneo]], [[Sulawesi]], and [[New Guinea]]—as well as two island chains: the [[Maluku Islands\|Moluccas]] and the [[Lesser Sunda Islands\|Lesser Sundas]]. The country shares maritime borders with [[Wikipedia:Australia\|Australia]], [[Malaya]], the [[Wikipedia:Philippines\|Philippines]], and the [[Wikipedia:Solomon Islands\|Solomon Islands]]. With a population of 308 million, Nusantara is the [[List of countries and dependencies by population\|4th most populous country]].		'''Nusantara''', officially the '''Confederation of Nusantara''', is a transcontinental country primarily located in [[Southeast Asia]] between the [[Indian ocean\|Indian]] and [[Pacific ocean\|Pacific]] oceans. Compromising over [[Islands of Nusantara\|17,000 islands]], Nusantara is the world's largest archipelagic state and the [[List of countries and dependencies by area\|12th-largest country]] by land area at 2,410,489 square kilometers (930,695 square miles). The [[Nusantaran archipelago]] is made up of five main islands—[[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Borneo]], [[Sulawesi]], and [[New Guinea]]—as well as two island chains: the [[Maluku Islands\|Moluccas]] and the [[Lesser Sunda Islands\|Lesser Sundas]]. The country shares maritime borders with [[Wikipedia:Australia\|Australia]], [[Malaya]], the [[Wikipedia:Philippines\|Philippines]], and the [[Wikipedia:Solomon Islands\|Solomon Islands]]. With a population of 308 million, Nusantara is the [[List of countries and dependencies by population\|4th most populous country]].

	Early humans arrived in ~~the Nusantaran Archipelago~~ during the Pleistocene with fossilized remains of [[Wikipedia:Java Man\|Java Man]]—a form of ''[[Wikipedia:Homo erectus\|Homo erectus]]''—dating back 1.5 to 1.7 million ~~years ago~~. Modern humans arrived later ~~some~~ 50,000 ~~years ago~~, followed by waves of migration of Austronesian peoples from [[Taiwan]].		Early humans arrived in modern-day Nusantara during the Pleistocene with fossilized remains of [[Wikipedia:Java Man\|Java Man]]—a form of ''[[Wikipedia:Homo erectus\|Homo erectus]]''—dating back 1.5 to 1.7 million BC. Modern humans arrived later around 50,000 BC, followed by waves of migration of [[Austronesian peoples\|Austronesian peoples]] from [[Taiwan]] spanning multiple millennia from around 2,000 to 4,000 BC. Being at the crossroads of East and South Asia, the region quickly became an important link in maritime international trade, which led to

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