Maori iwi (collective)

Overview

Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand. The Māori are descended from East Polynesian settlers who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. Over several centuries in isolation, these settlers developed a distinct culture, whose language, mythology, crafts, and performing arts evolved independently from those of other eastern Polynesian cultures. Some early Māori moved to the Chatham Islands, where their descendants became New Zealand's other indigenous Polynesian ethnic group, the Moriori.

Wikipedia: Māori people·CC BY-SA 4.0

Borders & accuracy

A confederation of independent groups; member territories shifted and overlapped, so the perimeter is approximate.

• SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
• DETAILhistorical-basemaps:1700:maori
• SNAPSHOT1700
• MATCHEDmaori
• POLITY TYPEconfederation

Upgraded from aourednik/historical-basemaps (was: hand-crafted-cultural-extent)

Also during this period

No conflict record yet names this polity as a belligerent; these overlap its dates only.

• Mongol Conquests1206–1368
  World-changing · 40M dead
• Thirty Years' War1618–48
  World-changing · 8.0M dead
• Timurid Invasions1368–1405
  World-changing · 5.0M dead
• Portuguese Conquest of Brazil1500–1750
  World-changing · 5.0M dead
• American Indian Wars1500–1800
  World-changing · 5.0M dead
• Qing Conquest of Ming China1618–83
  World-changing · 5.0M dead