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The first three-quarters of the 19th century were marked by tribal warfare, incursions from neighbouring [[Tonga]], and the increasing encroachment of foreign powers. This period also saw the rise of a warlord by the name of [[Seru Epenisa Cakobau]], who forged |
The first three-quarters of the 19th century were marked by tribal warfare, incursions from neighbouring [[Tonga]], and the increasing encroachment of foreign powers. This period also saw the rise of a warlord by the name of [[Seru Epenisa Cakobau]], who forged the first [[nation state]] covering all of modern Fiji (except the island of [[Rotuma]]) in 1871, before [[Colony of Fiji|ceding it to the United Kingdom in 1874]]. |
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