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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Pre-Colonial Era=== | ===Pre-Colonial Era=== | ||
[[File:Yap_Stone_Money.jpg|thumb|Stone money used by the Ewa tribe.]] | |||
Although most official accounts on Timbian pre-colonial history were destroyed during the era of [[Daxia|Daxian]] occupation, it is known that modern day Timbia consisted of a collection of tribes before the colonizers arrived. These tribes were known to have one of either two main government types, a council of elders (Fono a Toeaina) or a single chief (Sili) with absolute power. Tribal territory usually did not extend beyond the tribe's own settlement, though the size of the settlement could vary from a couple of huts around a plantation to something more reminiscent of a city. | Although most official accounts on Timbian pre-colonial history were destroyed during the era of [[Daxia|Daxian]] occupation, it is known that modern day Timbia consisted of a collection of tribes before the colonizers arrived. These tribes were known to have one of either two main government types, a council of elders (Fono a Toeaina) or a single chief (Sili) with absolute power. Tribal territory usually did not extend beyond the tribe's own settlement, though the size of the settlement could vary from a couple of huts around a plantation to something more reminiscent of a city. | ||