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But to understand how it got into this situation to begin with, you have to go back centuries.
In the 1600s, when European powers were colonizing the world, the Dutch took over what was then the port town of Jayakarta.
They razed it to the ground, and in its place, built Batavia: a headquarters for their growing empire.
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