Ahakoa i reira i maha iwi tawhito i roto i nga whenua takutai o Ahia, me nga wahi o Awherika, ko te Maldives te anake motu rōpū i roto i te Central Indian Ocean rohe te wahi i puawai te iwi tawhito. Maldivians, i runga i to ratou haerenga hokohoko ā-tau, ka mau i to ratou kaipuke hokohoko moana ki Sri Lanka, hei utu o te whenua nui India, i te mea he nui atu tata, no te mea i to ratou kaipuke i whakawhirinaki i runga i te Indian Monsoon cannons. tīmata misionare o nāianei Arab me kaihokohoko ki te horahia Ihirama i te taha ki te hauauru o te Indian Ocean i te rau tau 8, ki te kahore i mua.
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