SEPUTAR FAKTA SEJARAH

Who was the character who managed to uncover the Mesopotamian script? 1. George Friedrich Grotefend , a Greek teacher and linguist at an academy in Germany. In 1802 he claimed to be able to read cuneiform, but his efforts only succeeded in recognizing 10 characters. George Friedrich Grotefend         2. In 1857 Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, a young British officer serving in Persian Kurdistan managed to read the inscription written on the Behistun stone in the Zagros Mountains in Persian, Elamic and Akkadian versions. However, the provisional guess as to who created the cuneiform script is still a Semitic nation. Henry C. RAWLINSON 3. Jules Oppert, a French linguist, announced in 1869 that he had found a nation that used cuneiform, not Semitic. He has translated an inscription showing that these people lived in Sumer, before the Akkadians, and that they invented the cuneiform script which was later used by the Semites who conquered it. Jules Oppert

  Here are 2 Names of Heroes of the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence    1. Dr. Ir. Soekarno Born in Surabaya, 6-6-1901 Founder of the Indonesian National Party, 1927 Died in Jakarta, 21-6-1970 2. Drs. Muhammad Hatta Born in Bukit Tinggi, 12-8-1902 Founder of National Education Union Leader Indonesian in the Netherlands   Dr. Ir. Soekarno Proclamation Letter Drs. Muhammad Hatta  

                               Tales of the Fall of the Roman Empire    The Roman Empire fell in 509 BC. This downfall was brought about by the arrogant behavior of Sextus, son of Tarquinius, the last king of Rome. Sextus rapes Lacretia, his relative's wife. The incident made Sextus commit suicide in disgrace. Simultaneously with these events, occurred in the territory of the Roman empire. Eventually Tarquinius was dethroned and Rome became a republic .   

           The Battle of Surabaya     On 10 November, Indonesia celebrate Hari Pahlawan or Herores Day in remembrance of the Battle of Surabaya which started on that very date in the year 1945. The bloody battle tool place because Indonesian refused to surrender their weaponry to British army. British army at that time was part of the Allied Forces. The defiant Bung Tomo is The well-known revolutionary leader who played a very important role in this battle. It all started because of a misunderstanding belween British troops in Jakarta and those in Surabaya, Under the command of Brigadier A.W.WS. Mallaby. Brigadir Mallaby already had an agreement with Governor of East Java Mr. Surya. The agreement stated that British would not ask Indonesian troops and militia to surrender their weapons. However, a British plane from Jakarta dropped leaflest all over Surabaya. The leaflest told Indonesian to do otherwise on 27 October 1945. This action angere...