South Seas Mandate
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The South Seas Mandate was a former League of Nations mandate administered by Japan after World War I, comprising several Pacific islands that later became strategically important in World War II.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Seas Mandate canonical | 11 |
| South Seas Government | 1 |
| South Seas Mandate of Japan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1468395 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: South Seas Mandate Context triple: [Japanese colonial empire, hasPart, South Seas Mandate]
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A.
British concession in Canton
The British concession in Canton was a foreign-controlled enclave in Guangzhou, China, established in the 19th century as part of the treaty port system that facilitated British trade and extraterritorial rights.
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B.
Voyage to the Moluccas
Voyage to the Moluccas was the early 16th-century Spanish expedition, led by Ferdinand Magellan and later Juan Sebastián Elcano, that first circumnavigated the globe in search of a westward route to the Spice Islands.
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C.
Archipelago Exchange
Archipelago Exchange was an early electronic communications network (ECN) and stock exchange platform that later evolved into what is now known as NYSE Arca.
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D.
British concession in Amoy
The British concession in Amoy was a 19th- and early 20th-century foreign-controlled enclave in the Chinese port city of Xiamen, established after the Opium Wars as part of Britain’s treaty port system.
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E.
The Siege at Peking
The Siege at Peking is a historical narrative by British writer Peter Fleming that recounts the 1900 Boxer Rebellion and the defense of the foreign legations in Beijing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: South Seas Mandate Target entity description: The South Seas Mandate was a former League of Nations mandate administered by Japan after World War I, comprising several Pacific islands that later became strategically important in World War II.
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A.
British concession in Canton
The British concession in Canton was a foreign-controlled enclave in Guangzhou, China, established in the 19th century as part of the treaty port system that facilitated British trade and extraterritorial rights.
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B.
Voyage to the Moluccas
Voyage to the Moluccas was the early 16th-century Spanish expedition, led by Ferdinand Magellan and later Juan Sebastián Elcano, that first circumnavigated the globe in search of a westward route to the Spice Islands.
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C.
Archipelago Exchange
Archipelago Exchange was an early electronic communications network (ECN) and stock exchange platform that later evolved into what is now known as NYSE Arca.
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D.
British concession in Amoy
The British concession in Amoy was a 19th- and early 20th-century foreign-controlled enclave in the Chinese port city of Xiamen, established after the Opium Wars as part of Britain’s treaty port system.
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E.
The Siege at Peking
The Siege at Peking is a historical narrative by British writer Peter Fleming that recounts the 1900 Boxer Rebellion and the defense of the foreign legations in Beijing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese colonial territory
ⓘ
League of Nations mandate ⓘ |
| adminCenter |
Koror
ⓘ
surface form:
Koror, Palau
|
| administeredBy |
Nan’yō Government
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
Nan’yō Government ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nan’yō Chō
ⓘ
South Seas Mandate ⓘ
surface form:
South Seas Government
|
| capital |
Chuuk State
ⓘ
surface form:
Chuuk
Jaluit Atoll ⓘ
surface form:
Jaluit
Koror Island ⓘ
surface form:
Koror
|
| contains |
Caroline Islands
ⓘ
Chuuk State ⓘ
surface form:
Chuuk Islands
Kosrae State ⓘ
surface form:
Kosrae
Marshall Islands ⓘ Nauru (partly, with other powers) ⓘ Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ Palau ⓘ Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
surface form:
Pohnpei
Yap Islands ⓘ |
| createdBy | League of Nations ⓘ |
| demilitarizationClause | formally prohibited fortifications under mandate terms ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
copra production
ⓘ
phosphate mining ⓘ sugar cultivation ⓘ |
| endCause | establishment of United Nations trusteeship system ⓘ |
| endTime | 1947 ⓘ |
| establishedAfter | World War I ⓘ |
| formerTerritoryOf | Germany ⓘ |
| governedFrom | Tokyo ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Interwar period
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Japanese
ⓘ
local Micronesian languages ⓘ |
| legalStatus | Class C mandate ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Micronesia
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| officialName |
Japanese South Pacific Mandate
ⓘ
surface form:
South Pacific Mandate
|
| population | mostly Micronesian peoples ⓘ |
| predecessor |
German New Guinea
ⓘ
German colonial empire in the Pacific ⓘ |
| sovereignState |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| startTime |
1919
ⓘ
28 June 1919 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | major Japanese naval and air bases in World War II ⓘ |
| successor |
Territory of New Guinea
ⓘ
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Japanese southward expansion
ⓘ
military fortifications before World War II ⓘ |
| violatedBy | secret Japanese rearmament and base construction ⓘ |
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Subject: South Seas Mandate Description of subject: The South Seas Mandate was a former League of Nations mandate administered by Japan after World War I, comprising several Pacific islands that later became strategically important in World War II.
Referenced by (13)
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