Yapese Empire
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yapese-empire-183-6054163
title:
Yapese Empire
text:
The Yapese Empire was an ancient maritime empire located in the western Caroline Islands in the north Pacific region of Micronesia. In circa 950 AD, Yap became the seat of the Empire when the Gatcheper Village in the chiefdom of Gagil established an expansive maritime trade network and exerted socio-economic and political influence to its neighbouring islands to the east. Although small and informal compared to other marine empires, the Empire at its peak covered over 1,300 kilometres, stretchin
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Maritime empire based in the North Pacific
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yapese_Empire
date created:
2022-02-14T01:12:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T17:45:38Z
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