Sites

History of East Timor - English
URL: http://www.solidamor.org/english/content/history/portugis.htm

Population & Geography, Ethnic Groups, Farmers & King, Educated Elite, Portugal & Development.

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Historical background on East Timor - English
URL: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/7112/00_history_of_easttimor.htm

By AVCAT.

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Asia Observer - East Timor - with news, background and useful links - English
URL: http://www.asiaobserver.com/East%20Timor.htm

Asia Observer is a start page for people who follow news and developments in East and Southeast Asia providing news, background and useful links. Separate pages for each country.

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Guardian Unlimited | Special reports - English
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/0,5860,268557,00.html

East Timor's history - interactive guide.

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World History Archives: History of Occupied East Timor - English
URL: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/54b/index-a.html

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The fall of the Portuguese colonial empire - English
URL: http://www.uc.pt/timor/hist.port.html

The meaning of the Portuguese Colonial Empire. Loss of the Indian territories and the people's reaction. The Portuguese colonies and UN. The start of warfare in the African colonies.

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The obscure history of East Timor - English
URL: http://www.uc.pt/timor/atop.html

After an introdutory discription of the situation and limits of East Timor's composing territories, we begin with a brief history that comprises the prehistoric vestiges and a historiography regarding mainly the colonial age during which the island was object of dispute between Dutch and Portuguese, and the Japanese occupation which ocurred in World War II despite the neutrality of the territory.

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