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c. 60,000 years ago

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c. 2000 BCE

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207 BCE

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c. 100

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c. 1150

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1445

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1511
1512
1521

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1557
1571

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1595

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c. 1625
1641
c. 1650

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1858
1863
1883

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1887
1893
1898

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1927

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1938

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1941

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1942

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1943

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1944

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1945

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1946

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1947

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1949

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1953

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1954

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1955

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1957

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1959

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1960

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1962

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1963

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1964
1965

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1966

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1968

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1970

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1971

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1972

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1973

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1975

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Go to Timor Leste in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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1978

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1983

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1986

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1988

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1989

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1990

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1991

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1992

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1998

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1999

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2002
2003

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2004

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2005

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2006

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2010

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