The two Pacific island kingdoms recorded in this subcategory: the Kingdom of Hawaii, founded by Kamehameha I's conquest and unification of the Hawaiian archipelago in 1795, and the Kingdom of Tahiti, the Polynesian monarchy founded by Pomare I with the aid of British missionaries and traders and European weaponry. Both are placed here by their own Pacific Ocean territory, too small a set to need any further split, and both are kept apart from every continental group above since neither sits on or near any continental landmass.
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1. Tu'i Tonga Empire (Wikipedia)
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The Tu'i Tonga Empire, or Tongan Empire, are descriptions sometimes given to Tongan expansionism and projected hegemony in Oceania which began around 950 CE, reaching its peak during the period 1200-1500.
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