Construction of Nan Madol

Period

c. 1200

Region

Oceania

Place

폰페이섬

Category

Culture

Nan Madol is an archaeological site adjacent to the eastern shore of the island of Pohnpei, now part of the Madolenihmw district of Pohnpei state in the Federated States of Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. Nan Madol was the capital of the Saudeleur dynasty until about 1628. The city, constructed in a lagoon, consists of a series of small artificial islands linked by a network of canals. The site core with its stone walls encloses an area approximately 1.5 by 0.5 kilometres and it contains 92 artificial islets—stone and coral fill platforms—bordered by tidal canals.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. c. 7000 BCBeginnings of agriculture at Kuk Swamp
2. c. 1200Construction of Nan MadolThis page
3. 1941–1945Pacific War
4. 1942Battle of the Coral Sea
5. 1942–1943Guadalcanal campaign

Who ruled this land

This place (sea or a small island) has no state in the historical borders data (Cliopatria).

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