Maritime timeline
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:*[[Austronesians]] colonize the [[Marianas Islands]] from the island of [[Luzon]] in the [[Philippines]]. The first long-distance ocean crossing in human history and the first humans to reach [[Remote Oceania]].{{cite web |last1=Gibbons |first1=Ann |title='Game-changing' study suggests first Polynesians voyaged all the way from East Asia |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/game-changing-study-suggests-first-polynesians-voyaged-all-way-east-asia |website=Science |access-date=23 March 2019 |archive-date=13 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413063912/https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/10/game-changing-study-suggests-first-polynesians-voyaged-all-way-east-asia |url-status=live }} |
:*[[Austronesians]] colonize the [[Marianas Islands]] from the island of [[Luzon]] in the [[Philippines]]. The first long-distance ocean crossing in human history and the first humans to reach [[Remote Oceania]].{{cite web |last1=Gibbons |first1=Ann |title='Game-changing' study suggests first Polynesians voyaged all the way from East Asia |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/game-changing-study-suggests-first-polynesians-voyaged-all-way-east-asia |website=Science |access-date=23 March 2019 |archive-date=13 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413063912/https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/10/game-changing-study-suggests-first-polynesians-voyaged-all-way-east-asia |url-status=live }} |
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:*[[Austronesians]] in [[Island Southeast Asia]] establish the [[Austronesian maritime trade network]] with [[Southern India]] and [[Sri Lanka]], resulting in an exchange of [[material culture]], including boat and sailing technologies and crops like [[sugarcane]], [[coconut]]s, and various spices. It is the precursor to both the [[Indian Ocean trade|Indian Ocean spice trade]] and [[maritime silk road]]. |
:*[[Austronesians]] in [[Island Southeast Asia]] establish the [[Austronesian maritime trade network]] with [[Southern India]] and [[Sri Lanka]], resulting in an exchange of [[material culture]], including boat and sailing technologies and crops like [[sugarcane]], [[coconut]]s, and various spices. It is the precursor to both the [[Indian Ocean trade|Indian Ocean spice trade]] and [[maritime silk road]]. |
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* About 1300 to 1200 BC: The [[Austronesians|Austronesian]] [[Lapita people]], the direct ancestors of the [[Polynesians]], reach and colonize the [[Schouten Islands]], the [[Bismarck Archipelago]], and the [[Solomon Islands |
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==Antiquity== |
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