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'''Polynesia''' is part of [[Oceania]], comprising over a thousand islands in the south [[Pacific Ocean]]. The Polynesian people may be descended from the [[Lapita]] people who migrated into the islands now known as [[Fiji]], [[Samoa]] and [[Tonga]] several thousand years ago,<ref>http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Lapita</ref><ref>http://www.lapita-voyage.org/en/lapita_voyage_konzept.html</ref> and later Polynesians migrated to [[New Zealand]] (the [[Maori]] arrived around 1000 AD), [[Hawaii|Hawai'i]] and other islands. Other countries and territories in Polynesia include [[American Samoa]], [[Niue]], [[Tuvalu]], [[Wallis and Futuna]], [[French Polynesia]] (including [[Tahiti]]), [[Pitcairn Island]], [[Cook Islands]] and [[Tokelau]].

'''Polynesia''' is part of [[Oceania]], comprising over a thousand islands in the south [[Pacific Ocean]]. The Polynesian people may be descended from the [[Lapita]] people who migrated into the islands now known as [[Fiji]] (usually located in [[Melanesia]]), [[Samoa]] and [[Tonga]] several thousand years ago,<ref>http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Lapita</ref><ref>http://www.lapita-voyage.org/en/lapita_voyage_konzept.html</ref> and later Polynesians migrated to [[New Zealand]] (the [[Maori]] arrived around 1000 AD), [[Hawaii|Hawai'i]] and other islands. Other countries and territories in Polynesia include [[American Samoa]], [[Niue]], [[Tuvalu]], [[Wallis and Futuna]], [[French Polynesia]] (including [[Tahiti]]), [[Pitcairn Island]], [[Cook Islands]] and [[Tokelau]].

Like other cultures, the Polynesians used a flattened or terraced pyramid for worship, similar to a [[ziggurat]]. They grew in population most significantly after A.D. 1000.

Like other cultures, the Polynesians used a flattened or terraced pyramid for worship, similar to a [[ziggurat]]. They grew in population most significantly after A.D. 1000.

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[[Category:Islands]]

[[Category:Regions of the World]]

[[Category:Oceania]]