Senyavin Islands

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Senyavin Islands is located in Pacific Ocean
Senyavin Islands
Senyavin Islands
Location of the Senyavin Islands in the Pacific Ocean
Senyavin Islands (Pohnpei/Ponape plus two neighboring atolls)

The Senyavin Islands belong to the Federated States of Micronesia. They consist of a larger volcanic Pohnpei Island (about 334 km²) and two small atolls Ant and Pakin.

History

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See also: Nan Madol
Photo of Karl Kammerich, part of the German colonial presence, 1899–1914 (photo 1905–1910)

On Pohnpei, pre-colonial history is divided into three eras: Mwehin Kawa or Mwehin Aramas (Period of Building, or Period of Peopling, before ca. 1100); Mwehin Sau Deleur (Period of the Lord of Deleur, ca. 1100[1] to ca. 1628);[note 1] and Mwehin Nahnmwarki (Period of the Nahnmwarki, ca. 1628 to ca. 1885).[2][5] Pohnpeian legend recounts that the Saudeleur rulers, the first to bring government to Pohnpei, were of foreign origin. The Saudeleur centralized form of absolute rule is characterized in Pohnpeian legend as becoming increasingly oppressive over several generations. Arbitrary and onerous demands, as well as a reputation for offending Pohnpeian deities, sowed resentment among Pohnpeians. The Saudeleur Dynasty ended with the invasion of Isokelekel, another semi-mythical foreigner, who replaced the Saudeleur rule with the more decentralized nahnmwarki system in existence today.[7][8][9]

For the Europeans these islands were discovered first by Pedro Fernández de Quirós[10] In 1828 Russian navigator Fyodor Litke named the group after Russian admiral Dmitry Senyavin.[11]

Notes

  1. ↑ The Saudeleur era lasted around 500 years.[2] Legend generally dates their downfall to the 1500s,[3] however archaeologists date Saudeleur ruins to ca. 1628.[4][5][6]

References

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  10. ↑ History - Quirós
  11. ↑ History - Litke

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