Islas Pascua En Ingles
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Publicado: 16 de octubre de 2012
Eastern islands
Easter Island, also called Rapa Nui, is a small island located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean that is considered a special territory of Chile. Easter Island is most famous for itslarge moai statues that were carved by native peoples between 1250 and 1500. The island is also considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site and much of the island's land belongs to the Rapa Nui NationalPark.
Easter Island has recently been in the news because many scientists and writers have used it as a metaphor for our planet. Easter Island's native population is believed to have overused itsnatural resources and collapsed. Some scientists and writers claim that global climate change and resource exploitation may lead to the planet collapsing as did the population on Easter Island. Theseclaims however, are highly disputed.
The following is a list of the ten most important geographic facts to know about Easter Island:
1) Although scientists do not know for sure, many claim thathuman habitation of Easter Island began around 700-1100 C.E. Almost immediately upon its initial settlement the population of Easter Island began to grow and the island's inhabitants (Rapanui) began tobuild houses and moai statues. The moai are believed to represent status symbols of the different Easter Island tribes.
2) Because of Easter Island's small size of only 63 square miles (164 sq km)it quickly became overpopulated and its resources were rapidly depleted. When Europeans arrived on Easter Island between the late 1700s and early 1800s, it was reported that the moai were knockeddown and the island seemed to have been a recent war-site.
3) Constant warfare between tribes, a lack of supplies and resources, disease, invasive species and the opening of the island to foreignslave trade eventually led to Easter Island's collapse by the 1860s.
4) In 1888, Easter Island was annexed by Chile. Use of the island by Chile varied but during the 1900s it was a sheep farm and was...
Easter Island, also called Rapa Nui, is a small island located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean that is considered a special territory of Chile. Easter Island is most famous for itslarge moai statues that were carved by native peoples between 1250 and 1500. The island is also considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site and much of the island's land belongs to the Rapa Nui NationalPark.
Easter Island has recently been in the news because many scientists and writers have used it as a metaphor for our planet. Easter Island's native population is believed to have overused itsnatural resources and collapsed. Some scientists and writers claim that global climate change and resource exploitation may lead to the planet collapsing as did the population on Easter Island. Theseclaims however, are highly disputed.
The following is a list of the ten most important geographic facts to know about Easter Island:
1) Although scientists do not know for sure, many claim thathuman habitation of Easter Island began around 700-1100 C.E. Almost immediately upon its initial settlement the population of Easter Island began to grow and the island's inhabitants (Rapanui) began tobuild houses and moai statues. The moai are believed to represent status symbols of the different Easter Island tribes.
2) Because of Easter Island's small size of only 63 square miles (164 sq km)it quickly became overpopulated and its resources were rapidly depleted. When Europeans arrived on Easter Island between the late 1700s and early 1800s, it was reported that the moai were knockeddown and the island seemed to have been a recent war-site.
3) Constant warfare between tribes, a lack of supplies and resources, disease, invasive species and the opening of the island to foreignslave trade eventually led to Easter Island's collapse by the 1860s.
4) In 1888, Easter Island was annexed by Chile. Use of the island by Chile varied but during the 1900s it was a sheep farm and was...
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