Confederation · approximate1000 – 1840 · 840 years

Samoan Polities

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Overview

The Samoan Islands were first settled some 3,500 years ago as part of the Austronesian expansion. Both Samoa's early history and its more recent history are strongly connected to the histories of Tonga and Fiji, nearby islands with which Samoa has long had genealogical links as well as shared cultural traditions.

Wikipedia: History of Samoa·CC BY-SA 4.0

Borders & accuracy

Confederation

A confederation of independent groups; member territories shifted and overlapped, so the perimeter is approximate.

SOURCEhand-crafted from scholarly atlases
DETAILWikipedia 'Samoan Islands'; Brij Lal & Kate Fortune, Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia (2000)
POLITY TYPEconfederation

Also during this period

No conflict record yet names this polity as a belligerent; these overlap its dates only.

Mongol Conquests1206–1368
World-changing · 40M dead
Mongol Conquest of China1205–79
World-changing · 20M dead
Mongol Conquest of Song Dynasty1205–79
World-changing · 15M dead
Thirty Years' War1618–48
World-changing · 8.0M dead
Timurid Invasions1368–1405
World-changing · 5.0M dead
Portuguese Conquest of Brazil1500–1750
World-changing · 5.0M dead

Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 1000 and fits the map to these borders.

Cite as: Samoan Polities (1000 – 1840). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/pacific-samoan · Sources & methodology