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According to Ngapuhi, one of the northern tribes, their ancestors sailed from Hawaiki, and their journey was aided by the gods in that the sun did not set for three days.
A possible reason for this claim is that their voyage coincided with the appearance in the sky of the Crab Nebula supernova which for several days was bright enough to be seen in daylight.
During this period the acquisition of muskets by those tribes in close contact with European visitors destabilised the existing balance of power between Māori tribes, and there was a period of bloody inter-tribal warfare, known as the Musket Wars, during which several tribes were effectively exterminated and others were driven from their traditional territory.
Maori - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Maori(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Maori life was disrupted and their numbers declined steadily from about 100,000 near the beginning of the century to 40,000 in 1901.
Maoris are specially represented in the New Zealand parliament by four members for separate Maori electoral districts.
Maoritribes were divided into clans and land-holding units with a common ancestor.
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Maori Wars - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Maori Wars(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
By the end of the wars, in 1872, vast areas of Maori land had been confiscated.
The insatiable European settler demand for land brought war with a number of Maoritribes.
The failure of several campaigns against determined and highly resourceful Maori forces and the withdrawal of British troops in the late 1860s forced the colonial government to moderate its policy of land settlement.
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Maori religion - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Maori religion(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The religious functionaries are called tohungas; they keep the balance between the different realms of the gods, the ancestors, guardians, and ghosts as well as the monsters.
Many Maoris are now Christians who try to draw in elements of their traditional culture.
In recent years there has been a return to more traditional Maori beliefs and practices in order to stress distinct Maori identity.
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Burma - Yunnan - Bay of Bengal (c. 1350-1600): May 2006(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
From the Pali colophon incorporated in the text it appears that the main part, originally entitled Ramann-uppatti-dipaka, was composed by a monk Zingyaik after the extinction of Dhammacetiâs line in 1538; later hands have resumed the story and taken it year by year up to accession of Pyi Min to the Ava throne in 1661.
I started working on the page a little bit today by adding what I find to be some of the most useful links for the history of Burma.
The main argument is that the conflictive conditions leading to the military confrontation between Burma and Siam from the 16th to 19th centuries were dynamic.
Lost Worlds Page 10 - From 1000AD to 1400AD(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Internal dynastic conflicts have erupted within the Mongol Empire, resulting in the withdrawal of the Mongol hordes from the country in the summer of 1242.
On 23 June, 1203, the Venetian fleet (Doge Henry Dandalo) carrying an army of Crusaders sights Constantinople, and one ship breaks the chain of the harbour.
Tancred De Hauteville raises a powerful fleet, the pretext for movement is the alleged cruelty of Byzantine Andronicus I, and attacks Dyrrachium.
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The so-called 'Great Fleet' scenario of Māori migration, which originated with Europeans (including S. Percy Smith) in the 19th century, was discredited by the research of David Simmons and others in the 1960s.
The concept, by a process called 'tradition feedback' was accepted as correct by some iwi groups and became the subject of songs and chants; influential Māori scholars including Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter Buck) (1877-1951) also unwittingly promoted the idea.
(The more general term used instead of 'tribes' is now iwi.
It is noteworthy to know that of all the breast cancers detected, only 5% are in women with a family history resulting in 95% being presented in women for the first time in their family medical background.
But lets remember--in the end, stuff is stuff and doesn't hold a candle to tramping in the mountains and along the most beautiful coastline...that is after being boated out to a point and dropped off and told make it to your pick-up point in 3 hours.
Word has it the French occupied the area with the Maori people and were having such a good time, they forgot to post a flag.
