▁Br zes ko , ▁ ▁south - east ▁of ▁Pro sz ow ice , ▁and ▁ ▁east ▁of ▁the ▁regional ▁capital ▁Krak ów . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Sz pit ary <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁un ification ▁( or ▁re - un ification ) ▁of ▁East ▁Tim or , ▁an ▁independent ▁state , ▁and ▁West ▁Tim or , ▁a ▁territory ▁of ▁Indones ia , ▁both ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁Tim or , ▁has ▁been ▁raised ▁since ▁the ▁mid - 2 0 th ▁century . ▁Great ▁Tim or ▁() ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁ir red ent ist ▁concept ▁of ▁a ▁un ited ▁and ▁independent ▁island ▁of ▁Tim or , ▁covering ▁formerly ▁Portuguese ▁East ▁Tim or ▁and ▁formerly ▁Dutch ▁( now ▁Indones ian ) ▁West ▁Tim or . ▁ ▁Histor ically , ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁unit ing ▁Tim or ▁Island ▁had ▁been ▁expressed ▁by ▁several ▁Tim or ese ▁groups . ▁The ▁earliest ▁reference ▁point ▁is ▁the ▁pre - colon ial ▁Empire ▁of ▁We h ali , ▁whose ▁center ▁was ▁in ▁today ' s ▁West ▁Tim or , ▁but ▁the ▁r uling ▁group ▁was ▁the ▁T et un ▁speaking ▁Bel un ese ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁inhabitants ▁of ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Tim or . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Japanese ▁Occ up ation ▁of ▁the ▁Island ▁( 1 9 4 2 – 4 5 ), ▁there ▁were ▁some ▁Japanese ▁and ▁Tim or ese ▁efforts ▁to ▁un ite ▁West ▁and ▁East ▁Tim or ▁through ▁match - making ▁between ▁the ▁traditional ▁authorities ▁of ▁Dutch ▁and ▁Portuguese ▁Tim or . ▁Es pecially , ▁T ō