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In the late 13th century, Rapa Rapa's long isolation and irrelevance came to an end with the rise of the [[Capture_of_Truk#Background|Emirate of Truk]]. The new expansionist Emirate unified their [[Truk|home island region]] but also launched major expeditions to outlying islands in the [[Polynesian Sea]], including Rapa Rapa. According to the traditional story, the villages of the small island of Rapa Rapa sighted a large flotilla of Truk ships off their shore and immediately welcomed the powerful foreigners onto shore. The Truk people taught the people of Rapa Rapa their newfound {{wp|Muslim}} religion, and the general of the force named a paramount chief from among the villages. From the 1260s until the [[Capture of Truk|conquest of Truk]] in the 1670s, Rapa Rapa was an outlying dependency of the Emirate of Truk, paying occasional tribute and recognizing paramount chiefs chosen by the Emir. In this period, Rapa Rapa became almost entirely Muslim. The Trukite ascendancy over the island inaugurated a four-century long period of peace and relative prosperity on the island, though a lack of natural resources prevented significant economic activity beyond subsistence fishing. | In the late 13th century, Rapa Rapa's long isolation and irrelevance came to an end with the rise of the [[Capture_of_Truk#Background|Emirate of Truk]]. The new expansionist Emirate unified their [[Truk|home island region]] but also launched major expeditions to outlying islands in the [[Polynesian Sea]], including Rapa Rapa. According to the traditional story, the villages of the small island of Rapa Rapa sighted a large flotilla of Truk ships off their shore and immediately welcomed the powerful foreigners onto shore. The Truk people taught the people of Rapa Rapa their newfound {{wp|Muslim}} religion, and the general of the force named a paramount chief from among the villages. From the 1260s until the [[Capture of Truk|conquest of Truk]] in the 1670s, Rapa Rapa was an outlying dependency of the Emirate of Truk, paying occasional tribute and recognizing paramount chiefs chosen by the Emir. In this period, Rapa Rapa became almost entirely Muslim. The Trukite ascendancy over the island inaugurated a four-century long period of peace and relative prosperity on the island, though a lack of natural resources prevented significant economic activity beyond subsistence fishing. | ||
===Second isolation period=== | ===Second isolation period=== | ||
The destruction of the Emirate of Truk in [[1675]]-[[1676|76]] brought Rapa Rapa's immediate political association to an end. Too far from the main new [[Daxia]]n colony in [[Truk]] and too small to attract much notice, the island once again became largely isolated. Limited evidence suggests that the system of paramount chiefs may have continued into the 1700s, using a system of election among all the chiefs. By the time [[Occidental]] explorers reached the island in [[1772]], the unified political system had dissolved and the island was characterized by intermittent skirmishing and raiding between the villages. By this period, the people of Rapa Rapa had developed a martial culture following what appears to have been decades of unending struggle. Accordingly, the people of Rapa Rapa were extremely hostile to outside explorers arriving between 1772 and the arrival of [[Urcea]] in the 1860s. During this period, seven different Occidental exploratory vessels came to or anchored off the island, each time being greeted with extreme hostility. | The destruction of the Emirate of Truk in [[1675]]-[[1676|76]] brought Rapa Rapa's immediate political association to an end. Too far from the main new [[Daxia]]n colony in [[Truk]] and too small to attract much notice, the island once again became largely isolated, though Daxian raiders would occasionally come and pillage the island until around [[1690]]. Limited evidence suggests that the system of paramount chiefs may have continued into the 1700s, using a system of election among all the chiefs. By the time [[Occidental]] explorers reached the island in [[1772]], the unified political system had dissolved and the island was characterized by intermittent skirmishing and raiding between the villages. By this period, the people of Rapa Rapa had developed a martial culture following what appears to have been decades of unending struggle. Accordingly, the people of Rapa Rapa were extremely hostile to outside explorers arriving between 1772 and the arrival of [[Urcea]] in the 1860s. During this period, seven different Occidental exploratory vessels came to or anchored off the island, each time being greeted with extreme hostility. | ||
===Urcean colonization=== | ===Urcean colonization=== | ||