The Yapese Empire was an ancient maritime empire located in the western Caroline Islands in the north Pacific region of Micronesia.[1] In circa 950 AD, Yap became the seat of the Empire when the Gatcheper Village in the chiefdom of Gagil (modern-day Gagil Municipality) established an expansive maritime trade network and exerted socio-economic and political influence to its neighbouring islands to the east.[2] Although small and informal compared to other marine empires, the Empire at its peak covered over 1,300 kilometres, stretching from the Yap main islands to parts of modern-day Chuuk State.[3] The Empire coexisted with the Tongan Empire located in the southern Pacific.
^Petersen, Glenn (2016). "Yap and the Yap Empire". ResearchGate. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
^Petersen, Glenn (2000). "Indigenous Island Empires: Yap and Tonga Considered". The Journal of Pacific History. 35 (1): 12. JSTOR 25169463.
^Petersen, Glenn (2000). "Indigenous Island Empires: Yap and Tonga Considered". The Journal of Pacific History. 35 (1): 12. JSTOR 25169463 – via JSTOR.
The YapeseEmpire was an ancient maritime empire located in the western Caroline Islands in the north Pacific region of Micronesia. In circa 950 AD, Yap...
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administration to work as policemen in the island incited racial hatred of Yapese chiefs against the Japanese. As a consequence, few Japanese immigrants chose...
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exchange, interacting with neighboring civilizations such as the Khmer Empire, the Dai Viet (Vietnamese), and others. The Cham people developed their...
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