Tariqua'a (Atlantic Islands)

The Kingdom of Tariqua'a (pronounced // , : Fa:qua'a lar Tariqua'a) was a powerful ancient empire based in the Northern . The earliest proof of its existence dates from the 9th century; a Norse explorer,, wrote that he visited the kingdom c. 832. In Tariquan, ta means great, ri means "oceanic" or "of the ocean" and qua'a means "kingdom." (literally great oceanic kingdom or great kingdom of the ocean.)

In the 850s, the kingdom was attacked and conquered by. Many settlements were established, but many settlers were attacked by the Tariquans.