<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chitsuwa cheTimor, chiri muzvitsuwa zveIndonesia, chave chiine vanhu kwemakore anosvika 40 000, chakagarwa nemafungu anotevedzana evapoteri vanobva kumaodzanyemba kweIndia, Malaysia neMelanesia. Raitongwa noumambo huduku hwaitengeserana nezvinonhuhwirira, varanda uye huni dzesandal nevavakidzani vawo. Portugal yakatanga kugara kumabvazuva kwechitsuwa chacho muna 1633. Timor rakakamurwa zviri pamutemo pakati peNetherlands nePortugal muna 1661, uye gavhuna wokutanga wePortuguese Timor akagadzwa muna 1701. Kwemazana emakore matatu akazotevera, East Timor yaiva pasi pePortugal. Mukati meHondo Yenyika II, East Timor yakatorwa nemauto eAustralia neDutch, uye ipapo  <response>: rakapambwa navaJapan pana 19 February 1942. Sparrow Force, macommando eAustralia nemauto echiDutch aiva pachitsuwa chacho, vakaita hondo yevagandanga kusvikira mauto eAustralia neechiDutch abviswa muna January 1943. Rubatsiro rwevanhu vokuEast Timor mukubatsira vokuAustralia rwakaita kuti pave nechisungo pakati peAustralia neEast Timor icho chakava chikamu chenhema dzakakurumbira muAustralia. Pashure pokunge hondo yapera, Timor yakatorwa neAustralia, iyo yakatsigira rusununguko rweIndonesia kubva kuNetherlands, uye yakapa kuti East Timor ive United Nations UN trusteeship, asi yakadzokera shure mukutarisana nezvirambidzo kubva kuUnited Kingdom. 