Kingdom Abemama

The Kingdom of Abemama or Apemama  was from 1795 to 1892 a kingdom in the Pacific .

History
In the 17th century the Gilbert Islands which were also Abemama discovered by Europeans. Thomas Gilbert (after whom the islands are named) went to the islands in1788 . [4] Around 1800 settled slavers on Abemama and the surrounding islands. [5]

Originally the kingdom consisted only of the atoll Abemama, which belongs to the Gilbert Islands of Kiribati . In the 1840s captured Karotu, the UEA (king) of AbemamaKuria (islands Buariki and Oneeke) and also the atoll Aranuka . [6]

In 1892 the kingdom was abolished and part of the British Western Pacific Territories . [7] During the Second World War was Abemama on 10 December 1941, occupied by the Japanese. [8] In 1943, the Japanese lost the battle of Tarawa and Abemama and were liberated the islands. [9] Later in the 80s and 90s were some islands to the state Tuvalu ; others (including Abemama) went on in Kiribati.