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Following the Polynesian settlement of the archipelago, local kingdoms began to form on some of the islands, with the largest kingdom, ''Soka I‘kani'', forming on the largest island of E‘keo. The first city was built on E‘keo, called Waki‘sī, and became the capital of Soka I‘kani as well as the Shimajima archipelago as a whole. | Following the Polynesian settlement of the archipelago, local kingdoms began to form on some of the islands, with the largest kingdom, ''Soka I‘kani'', forming on the largest island of E‘keo. The first city was built on E‘keo, called Waki‘sī, and became the capital of Soka I‘kani as well as the Shimajima archipelago as a whole. | ||
It was around this time that the Japanese explored the region, and they called the Soka I‘kani the ''shima-jima''(島々), meaning "various islands". Though the word initially referred to specifically the Soka I‘kani, the term eventually began to refer to the entire archipelago | It was around this time that the Japanese explored the region, and they called the Soka I‘kani the ''shima-jima''(島々), meaning "various islands". Though the word initially referred to specifically the Soka I‘kani, the term eventually began to refer to the entire archipelago. | ||
===Japanese occupation=== | ===Japanese occupation=== | ||
Some of the northern Shimajima kingdoms were Tokugawa vassals during the Edo period, and thus when the Meiji era began the vassals were integrated into the new Japanese state, though many kingdoms still stayed independent in the north and the south of the archipelago. | Some of the northern Shimajima kingdoms were Tokugawa vassals during the Edo period, and thus when the Meiji era began the vassals were integrated into the new Japanese state, though many kingdoms still stayed independent in the north and the south of the archipelago. | ||