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Slavery

Period: 6800 BCE to 1865

Slavery Was A Big Problem For A Very Long Time. Slaves Were Used In The Building Of The Great Wall Of China The Colosseum, The Taj Mahal.

Pyramids Being Built

2550 BCE

While The Polynesians Were Sailing The Pacific Ocean The Egyptians Were Building The Pyramids

The Departure

1600 BCE

This Is When The Polynesians Began To Sail From South East Asia And Attempt To Find The Long White Cloud

Getting Ready

1600 BCE

This Is When The Polynesians Were Getting Their Boats Ready For A Journey Of Their Life That Would Make Them Famous And Give Them A Place To Live And Fish If They Choose To Stay. If Not They Told The People From South East Asia That They Found Land And That They Can Live There

The Sail Of There Life

Period: 1600 BCE to 1200 BCE

These Are The Dates That They Arrived In The Different Days It Took To Get To All The Different Countries And Have To Sail The Largest Body Of Water Out There In Search Of There Better Home

Destruction Of The Palace Of Minos

1400 BCE

While The Polynesians Were Sailing The Pacific The Palace Of Minos Was Destroyed In Crete In The Medditaranian Sea Off The Coast Of Greece The Palace Of Minos Was Founded In 7000 BC And Differerent Storys Were Formed About It Like Icarus And Daedalus How They Made Wax Wings For Themselves To Escape But Icarus Flew Too Close To the Sun And His Wax Wings Melted And He Fell To His Death.

New Zealand Population Rising

1350 BCE

Back When Kupe Or Other Polynesians Traveled To New Zealand Some Settled And Some Went Back To South East Asia To Tell People That They Found It So They Could Come Back For Others. When They Got There Some Of The Other Settlers Went To Locations Like Chatham Islands And Made There Own Culture's Like The Chatham Island Settlers Called Themselves The Moriori. And The Population Grew

Tahiti Discovery

1300 BCE

This Was When Tahiti Was Discovered While On A Journey Of Their Life That Would Make Them Famous The Journey To Aoteroa

New Zealand Discovery

1300 BCE

This Was The End Of A Long Journey And The Start Of A New beginning This Was When Kupe Got To New Zealand And Then Left And Came Back With Traders And Settlers And Began There New Life In The Long White Cloud Now Called Aotearoa

Why It All Began

1257 BCE

There Was Never Confirmation About Why They Wanted To Get To Aotearoa But It Might Have Been Faman Or War Or It Could Have Been The Volcanic Eruption Which Caused a Lack Of Food In 1257 BC

Collapse Of Hittite Power

1200 BCE

Another Event That Happened While The Polynesians Were At Sea When The Hittite Power

Samoa Discovered

983 BCE

This Was When Samoa Was First Discovered Around 983
BC Samoa, Info About Samoa The Independent State of Samoa and until 1997 And Is Now Called Western Samoa, And Also The Capital Of Samoa Is Called Apia. They Also Have A Rugby Team Called The Manu Samoa And Start Each Game With A War Dance Called The Siva Tau.

Fiji Discovery

900 BCE

This Was When Fiji Was Discovered Along With A Handful Of Tropical Islands On A Mission To Get To The Long White Cloud Fiji Was Discovered By Kupe Around 900 BC

The Navigation System

800 BCE

Navigators Back In The Day Before We Had Technology And Compass's They Used The Stars And Birds. The Moon And The Sun, Clouds, And Currants. Navigators Would Have To Undergo Hard Training Like Being Able To Cut Down The Navigational Directions To Know Which Way North, East, South, And West While Out At Sea With No Point Of Direction.

Tonga Discovery

750 BCE

This Was When Tonga Was Discovered. And They Were To Continue To Find The Place They Had Been Wanting And Know Is Out There Tongan Information
Tonga Is Just One Of The Beautiful Pacific Islands And Is Filled With Tropical Rainforests. There Main Island Is Tongatapu. Its Capital Is Nuku'alofa. And Their Rugby Team Is Called The Sea Eagles And Start Off There Games With A Tradition A Lot Like The Samoan Challenge Called The Sipa Tau

Easter Island Discovery

600 BCE

This Was When Easter Island Was Found, Nearing The End Of The Sail From East Asia To New Zealand

Hawaii Discovery

400 BCE

This Was When Hawaii Was Discovered By Kupe On A Journey That Would Make Them Feel Amazing Hawaii is An Island located in the Pacific Ocean Around 2,000 mi from the Only Island State and the Only State in The Tropical Islands. Hawaii is Also One Of The Other Independent Country's. The Capital Of Hawaii Is Honolulu.

Before The Best Boats

1212

Before The Polynesians Sailed Over The Pacific Ocean They Did Not Have As Good Boats So They Sailed From South East Asia To Taiwan And The Philippines But When They Upgraded Their Boats They Could Sail Long Distances But They Still Were Not Very Good For Strong Winds Which May Have Prevented Them From Getting Back At Some Point Which May Have Led To Staying At That Location

Rarotonga Discovery

1346

This Is When Rarotonga Was Originally Discovered Another Name For Rarotonga Is The Cook Islands This Was Another Step For Kupe To Accomplish His Goal To Get To New Zealand Info About Rarotonga Rarotonga Is The Largest Of The Cook Islands. The Population Of Rarotonga Is 17576 As Of Monday 29 March.

Black Death

1346

This Is When The Second Worlds Worst Pandemic Struck While Lasting For 7 Years And Taking 75-200 Million Lives Over The Duration Of The First Outbreak But Is Not As Dangerous Now Because Of Antibiotics