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    Polynesian Legends

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    which were vast and diverse, suitable for all types of battlefield combat.”Haumea was the goddess of the childbirth in hawaiian mythology. The beliefs and practices of the indigenous people of the ethnogeographic group of pacific islands known as polynesia (from greek poly ‘many’ and nesoi…

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    Boon Bora Research Paper

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    is so pretty and lots of thing to do. It is located in French Polynesia,The people that live their our mostly french. The people that live their usually work in pearl shops. Bora Bora is the beautiful place because there is a lot of shades of water, pearl shops,most people visit it but some people live their. Bora Bora is a beautiful place because of it region. In Bora Bora it used to be called Pora Pora, It's located in French Polynesia. It weather is about 80 to 90 degrees year round. It's a…

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    Sudanic Realms

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    The political, social, and monetary qualities of the early states in the Sudanic belt and Sub-Saharan belts of Africa, the Meso-America and Andean South America, and the Pacific incorporated a wide range of and comparative angles. To start, the Sudanic realms (Sudanic Belt and Sub-Saharan Belt) were an extremely directing gathering of states situated underneath the Sahara leave. Their economy comprised of cows, agribusiness, and angling, which is fundamentally the same as a week ago's…

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    Did the Chinese Discover America? The short answer is no, they did not discover America. There are many reasons as to why the Chinese didn’t discover America. Some of those include the fact that Native Americans were already settled there, Polynesians had already visited South America around 700 C.E, and Leif Erikson stumbled upon it in the 11th century. Even so other say from 1405 to 1433 the Ming Dynasty launched several voyages led by Zheng He, which included the voyage to America. The first…

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    Christina Dull English 150 April 23rd, 2018 Doctor Neary Polynesian Princess Moana is an animated Disney movie that is directed by Ron Clements and John Musker and is about a young girl who lives in Polynesia, which is a part of Hawaii, Tonga, and Tahiti on the Island of Motunui. Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) lives on a small island with her family, including her father Chief Tui (Temuera Morrison), her mother Sina (Nicole Shcerzinger), and her grandmother Tala (Rachel House). Growing up, Moana…

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    DNA analyses and direct dating were made on the new found bones. The results from the analyses were compared with the ancient mtDNA, from chicken bones from archeological sites in Polynesia. The results of the analyses, indicated that the age of the chicken bones ranged between AD 1321 - 1407. That means, that the chicken bones come to the pre-Columbian era. Conclusion: In conclusion, it has been mostly believed by people, that Christopher…

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    Ppb Research Paper

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    PAY AND PERSONNEL INFORMATION BULLETIN (PPIB) 17/06. The Command Pay and Personnel Administrator (CPPA) course has been updated on Navy e-Learning. The updated course identifier is PERS2-PAYPERS-CPPA-CPPATRAINING-V1.0. These updates were specifically designed for a better alignment with the new CPPA role and the NEC 95AD initiative and requirements. The updated course is one component of the mandatory training requirements for all CPPAs in MILPERSMAN 1000-021 Paragraph 4.a.(1). The…

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    Film Analysis: Moana

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    and horticulture. Traditionally, food was harvested from trees and bushes, and then shared across the community. Traditional (Fijian) transportation across seas was done on boats called camakau. This allowed people to reach different islands in Polynesia and beyond. Traditional Polynesian dances are very important in the community but more so in some regions than others. For example, traditional Hawaiian dancing, the hula is very important to their culture. The hula began by men and women…

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    Zika Virus Research Paper

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    The mosquito-borne flavi-virus known as the Zika virus was originally found in the Zika forest of Uganda in 1947. Zika first was found in a febrile rhesus macaque monkey and later identified in Aedes africanus mosquitoes from the same forest. The first three cases of human infection were reported in 1954 in Nigeria. The first of the recurring events in humans arrived from Africa and Asia in past years. However, not until 2007, on Yap Island that a major widespread was conveyed. Zika infections…

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    Rapa Nui Theory

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    Easter Island, a Chilean territory, is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia he 887 giant moai statues on Easter Island have turned one of the most isolated islands in the world into one of the most well known—and most mysterious. With each year, more theories arise concerning the island, the statues, and the Rapa Nui people who once lived there.Aug 19, 2014 In the early ’80s, researchers tried to recreate some of the statues and move them using only tools that the islanders had to their…

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