Brunei - Is known officially as the State of Brunei. Brunei is an Asian Country and other than it's vast coastline with the South China Sea, Brunei is completely surrounded by Malaysia land wise. Brunei is separated into to parts as you can see from the map above. Brunei was once a powerful during the 14th - 16th centuries. European influence gradually brought an end to this regional power. Japan actually occupied Brunei from 1941-1945 during world war 2. All has been pretty quiet there since the 1960's rebellion against the monarchy, which was suppressed by the United Kingdom since Brunei was under British protectorate from 1888 to 1984.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Brunei
Brunei - Is known officially as the State of Brunei. Brunei is an Asian Country and other than it's vast coastline with the South China Sea, Brunei is completely surrounded by Malaysia land wise. Brunei is separated into to parts as you can see from the map above. Brunei was once a powerful during the 14th - 16th centuries. European influence gradually brought an end to this regional power. Japan actually occupied Brunei from 1941-1945 during world war 2. All has been pretty quiet there since the 1960's rebellion against the monarchy, which was suppressed by the United Kingdom since Brunei was under British protectorate from 1888 to 1984.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please feel free to leave comments. If you are requesting to submit content or become a contributing writer, please use email on home page top.