Vunivalu of Bau

Fiji Fiji has generally been thought to have been settled between 2000 and 1000 BCE. More recent work suggest that the first settlement may actually be even earlier, possible as early as 8000 BCE. It is typically thought that Austronesian peoples first migrated to Fiji followed about 1000 years later by Melanesians. The Tu'i Tonga Empire included Fiji from within in the 10th century until its fall in the 13th century. This Tongan empire brought Polynesian culture and language into Fiji, though most