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People, Trends, Events- Foundation to 600 C.E.- Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia
Explore various essays discussing people, trends and events occur in the regions above during the early times to 600 C.E.
Easter Islands Isolation By: Bailee Lawrence
Easter Islands Isolation and Unique Development of Idea
The culture of the early inhabitants of Easter Island was based on the structure of their lineage, or how they were related to Hotu Matu’a. Being the first recorded king of Easter Island, he left his land to his many children before he died. This caused an outbreak of competition that might not have ended well with some, while others came out of the fight victorious. These competions soon led to new social structures that questioned tradition. The death of the first glorious King Hotu Matu’a’s caused a separation of clans and a great increase of competition which led to great and mysterious art, new forms of government, and a religion that would be considered unusual by Western standards.
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The culture of the early inhabitants of Easter Island was based on the structure of their lineage, or how they were related to Hotu Matu’a. Being the first recorded king of Easter Island, he left his land to his many children before he died. This caused an outbreak of competition that might not have ended well with some, while others came out of the fight victorious. These competions soon led to new social structures that questioned tradition. The death of the first glorious King Hotu Matu’a’s caused a separation of clans and a great increase of competition which led to great and mysterious art, new forms of government, and a religion that would be considered unusual by Western standards.
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The Early Rise of the Aborigines BY: VERONICA FIGUEROA
Through the years as civilizations were brought up, the rise of new technologies and intellectual development arose slowly and surely. However, some cultures are forced to rise above the rest and therefore develop in a hurried manor. The Aborigines were an upcoming civilization that had many advances during their foundation to the early seventh century that comtributed to domesticated animals and innovations in hunting and the arts.
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Polynesian Culture By: Mackenzie Smith
During the early time period of human development we begin to see the immerging of a unique civilization, the Polynesians. Their culture stretched from New Guinea to the islands of Hawaii. They were able to travel and explore the ocean using wave finders, domesticating plants and animals, and believing in a higher power.
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The Migration from Melanesia to Fiji in 1500 B.C. By: David Dent
Without the Migration of Melanesians to Fiji, there would be no domesticated pigs, dogs, or chickens on this island or any other islands the Melanesians migrated to. This, in turn, would make the land non-inhabitable and unattractive to societies that would later be interested in these islands. With this migration, this society’s culture was expanded and practiced in a new region, creating a culture-trend that would show itself in later years of this area. But, with this migration and colonization came a challenge; this culture on new land could develop and change from isolation once the sea levels rose again at the end of the ice age.
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Somoan Culture By: Danielle Bouchard
Samoa is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is made up of nine islands. The two largest Savai'i and Upolu, account for most of population with only two others, Manono and Apolima, being inhabited. The other five are called Fanuatapu, Namu'a, Nuutele, Nuulua, Nuusafee. The islands were settled as part of the general settlement of the Pacific by the Polynesian culture.
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Vanuta Sara
The first island in the Vanuatu group was discovered by the Spaniardsin 1606, the Explorer Pedro Fernandez, spied what he thought was a southern ccontinent. Europeans did not return until 1768, when Bouganville rediscovered the islands. In 1774, Cook named the islands the New Hembrides, a name that lasted until independence. In 1825, trader Dillon's discovery of Sandlewood on the island of Erromango began a rush that ended in 1830 after a fight between polynesian workers and melenasians. During the 1860s, planters in Australia & the other islands were in despirite need of labourers, encouraged a long-term indentured labour trade called "black birding". At the height of that, more than one-half the adult male population of several of the Islands worked abroad.
It was at this time that all the missionaries, both Catholic and Protestant arrived on the islands.
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