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KEY HISTORICAL EVENTS. Situated on the northern coast of Borneo, Brunei was trading with China during the 6th century, and through allegiance to the Javanese Majapahit Kingdom in the 13th-15th centuries, it came under Hindu influence. In the early 15th century, with the decline of the Majapahit Kingdom and widespread conversion to Islam, Brunei became an independent Sultanate.
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Ministry of Finance Statistics Department. Brunei Darussalam Statistical Yearbook.
Geary, M. and Wong, S. Y, Oil, Economic Development and Diversification in Brunei. London. 1994
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Saunders, G., History of Brunei. OUP, 1996
National statistical office: Ministry of Finance Statistics Department.
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Turner, B. (1998). Brunei. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271272_79
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