Tui Manuʻa Confederacy
Tui Manuʻa Confederacy | |||||||
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Pre-950 AD Sphere of Influence | |||||||
| Capital | Fitiuta | ||||||
| Common languages | Samoan Fijian Tongan Futunan Niuean Uvean Tuvaluan Tokelauan Cook Islands Māori i-Kiribati Tahitian Rotuman Pukapukan | ||||||
| Religion | Samoan mythology | ||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||
| Tuʻi Manuʻa | |||||||
| Historical era | Pre-Tagaloa | ||||||
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| Today part of | Samoa Fiji American Samoa Tonga Niue Wallis and Futuna Tuvalu Tokelau Cook Islands Kiribati Rotuma French Polynesia | ||||||
The Tui Manuʻa Confederacy, or Samoan Empire, are descriptions sometimes given to Samoan expansionism and projected hegemony in Oceania which began with the founding of the paramount chief Tui Manuʻa title. Traditional oral literature of Samoa and Manuʻa talks of a widespread Polynesian network or confederacy (or "empire").