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Soppeng Kingdom
Origins
Soppeng was one of the Bugis kingdoms that formed in the fertile valleys of South Sulawesi from the 14th century, as rice farming and trade grew. Its chronicles, written in the Bugis script, describe a founding in which a heavenly being, a tomanurung, was invited to rule by the leaders of the local communities.
Rule and society
Soppeng was governed by a datu advised by a council of local chiefs, and its wealth came from rice. In 1582 it joined Bone and Wajo in the Tellumpoccoe, 'three powers', alliance against the expanding Gowa Sultanate. Gowa forced it to accept Islam in 1609.
Decline and legacy
Soppeng later sided with Arung Palakka of Bone and the Dutch East India Company against Gowa in 1666 to 1669. It remained a Dutch ally under the Bone confederation until the Dutch conquered South Sulawesi in 1905 and brought its rulers under direct colonial control. It is now Soppeng Regency.
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- Soppeng Kingdom was conquered by Dutch East Indies1905 CE
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