Yap and the Yap Empire (micronesia)
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Petersen, Glenn (2016-01-11). "Yap and the Yap Empire (micronesia)". In Dalziel, Nigel; MacKenzie, John M (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Empire. pp. 1–3.
Abstract: The Central Pacific island of Yap served as the focal point in a far-flung maritime network for centuries before European colonial intrusion into the region. Yapese exercised a limited degree of economic, political, and religious or supernatural control over the other, much smaller islands in this Micronesian archipelago. This system of interrelationships is often construed as a small-scale, informal empire.
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