Hawaiianology

Impact: Pre-Contact, Hawaiian warfare was characterized by highly skilled warriors using traditional weapons like pololū (long spears), ihe (short spears), leiomano (shark-tooth weapons), pāhoa (daggers), and pōhaku newa (stone clubs). Battles were often fought hand-to-hand or with thrown projectiles, emphasizing physical prowess, formation tactics, and individual heroism. Firearms had changed the dynamics of warfare with the unprecedented range of cannons with "The Battle of Kepaniwai" (damming of the waters) in Iao Valley on Maui where Kamehameha's Cannons clogged the stream with bodies. Firearms were expensive and difficult to acquire as well as maintain with only Chiefs with resources could acquire them like Kamehameha.  King Kamehameha Trades with Foreigners:  Post-contact, 1778, European and American trading ships began frequenting the islands. Kamehameha, known for his friendly and business-like demeanor with foreigners, cultivated relationships that allowed him to...

Kamehameha I (1758-1819),  Age: Historians have different dates of both his birth and date, so it is really unknown the exacts of when Kamehameha the great came into the world and when he left it.