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  • 2780 BCE

    pyramids

    pyramids
    Imhotep, built the first pyramid by placing six mastabas, each smaller than the one beneath, in a stack to form a pyramid rising in steps. This Step Pyramid stands on the west bank of the Nile River at Sakkara near Memphis.
  • 1483 BCE

    fiji settled

    fiji settled
    fiji was settled first by the autronesians of the lapita culture about 1500-1000 years BCE
  • 900 BCE

    samoa settled

    samoa settled
    samoa was settled by the polynisians about 3000 years sgo
  • 900 BCE

    tonga settled

    tonga settled
    the polynesian settlers sailed to tonga between 2,830 and 2,846 years ago
  • 753 BCE

    rome found

    rome found
    According to tradition, on April 21, 753 B.C, Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, found Rome on the site where they were suckled by a she-wolf as orphaned infants.
  • 500 BCE

    tahiti settled

    tahiti settled
    The islands were first settled by migrating Polynesians as early as 500BC. They were later discovered by European explorers during the 16th century and eventually colonized by France.
  • 400 BCE

    easter island settled

    easter island settled
    rapa nui setteled on easter island in 400 BC
  • 400

    hawaii settled

    hawaii settled
    The Hawaiian Islands were first settled as early as 400 C.E. when Polynesians from the Marquesas Islands, 2000 miles away, traveled to Hawaii's Big Island in canoes.
  • 1000

    cook islands settled

    cook islands settled
    The Cook Islands were first settled around AD 1000 by Polynesian people who are thought to have migrated from Tahiti.
  • 1200

    new zealand settled

    new zealand settled
    Kupe was the first Polynesian to discover the islands of NewZealand.
    His journey there was triggered by difficulties with fishing in Hawaiki (his homeland) so Kupe set out in his canoe to kill the octopus that was stealing his fish he followed the octopus that lead him to new zealand.NZ was orignally settled by the Polyniseians around 1200 and 1300 AD. Kupe's wife Kuramārōtini devised the name of Aotearoa 'long white cloud' seeing the North Island for the first time.
  • Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci
    Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who is widely considered one of the most diversely talented individuals ever to have lived.