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-'''Polynesia''' is part of [[Oceania]], comprising over a thousand islands in the south [[Pacific Ocean]]. The Polynesian people descended from the [[Lapita]] people who migrated into the islands now known as [[Fiji]], [[Samoa]] and [[Tonga]] several thousand years ago,{{fact}} 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]].
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-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. {{Fact}}
-[[Michael Crichton]] wrote:<ref>http://www.michaelcrichton.com/speech-environmentalismaseligion.html</ref>
-:The Polynesians, living in an environment as close to paradise as one can imagine, fought constantly, and created a society so hideously restrictive that you could lose your life if you stepped in the footprint of a chief. It was the Polynesians who gave us the very concept of [[taboo]], as well as the word itself.
-== References ==
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