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The dates of the initial settlement of Tonga are still subject to debate; nonetheless, one of the oldest occupied sites is found in the village of Pea on Tongatapu. . Radiocarbon dating of a shell found at the site reportedly dates the occupation at 3180 ± 100 BP (Before Pr
What is known about Tonga before European contact comes from myths, stories, songs, poems, (as there was no writing system) as well as from archaeological excavations. Many ancient sites, kitchens and refuse heaps, have been found in Tongatapu and Haʻapai , and a few in Vavaʻu and the Niuas that provide insights into old Tongan settlement ...
Tonga (/ ˈ t ɒ ŋ ə / TONG-ə, / ... are dominated by the same large trading companies found throughout the South Pacific. In September 1974, the country's first ...
Queen Salote of Tonga: The Story of an Era 1900-1965 (ISBN 1-86940-205-7) Latukefu, S. (1974), Church and State in Tonga, ANU Press, Canberra; Campbell, Ian C; Island Kingdom: Tonga Ancient and Modern, 2001, ISBN 0-908812-96-5 "Brief history of the Kingdom of Tonga", on the website of the Tongan Parliament
The history of Tonga stretches back to around roughly 1000 AD, [12] when the Polynesians arrived. Tonga became known as the Tongan Empire through extensive trading and its influence and show of strength and domination over parts of the Pacific (e.g. Samoa, Fiji). The Europeans arrived in the 17th century which was followed after a couple ...
The first written record for Nukuʻalofa is stated in the first dedicated book for Tonga by George Vason which was published in 1810. George Vason was an English missionary from the London Missionary Society, who arrived in Tonga in 1797. George Vason wrote of their arrival that:
Tonga is a sovereign island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. [1] Tonga comprises the Tonga Archipelago of 169 islands, 36 of them inhabited, stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 mi) in a north–south line.
He was Grand Master of the Royal Orders of Tonga that he founded: Tonga: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Royal Order of Pouono (KGCCP) (founded in 1893) Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of King George Tupou I (founded ca. in 1876–1890) Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Royal Order of the Crown of Tonga (founded in 1913)