Timeline Polynesian Expansion Akeelah

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  • Period: 300 to 500

    Hawaiian Islands settled

  • Period: 700 to 700

    Polynesians settled Rapa Nui (Easter Islands)

  • Period: 1000 to 1000 BCE

    Samoa is settled

  • Period: 1000 to 1000

    Polynesians arrive at Aotearoa (New Zealand)

  • Period: 1500 to 1000 BCE

    The Lapita people spread across Polynesia

  • Period: to 1500 BCE

    First travellers begin to move from Asia through the islands