Tributary network · approximate950 CE – 1865 · 915 years

Tu'i Tonga Empire

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 Tuʻi 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.

Wikipedia: Tuʻi Tonga Empire·CC BY-SA 4.0

Borders & accuracy

Tributary network

A paramount-chiefdom-style polity with tributary peripheries; exact extent is contested.

SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
DETAILhistorical-basemaps:1200:tuʻi tonga empire
SNAPSHOT1200
MATCHEDtuʻi tonga empire
POLITY TYPEtributary

Upgraded from aourednik/historical-basemaps (was: Historical Basemaps Tu'i Tonga Empire 1200-1500 (PARTOF=Tu'i Tonga Empire); Wiki)

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
Taiping Rebellion1850–64
World-changing · 30M 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

Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 950 CE and fits the map to these borders.

Cite as: Tu'i Tonga Empire (950 CE – 1865). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/pacific-tonga-tui · Sources & methodology