Polynesian expansion

By Lilybrubnjak
  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1500

    First travellers begin too move from Asia through the islands

  • Period: 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE

    The lapita people spread across Polynesia

  • Period: 1000 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Samoa is settled

  • Period: 1000 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Polynesians arrive at Aotearoa (New Zealand)

  • Period: 700 BCE to 700 BCE

    Polynesian settle Rapa Nui (Easter Islands)

  • Period: 300 BCE to 500 BCE

    Hawaiian islands settled