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Originally Posted by underEJ
Very tempting to go to either of the big empire centers, Rome or Constantinople for some very timely power changeovers, but I think I am going to take a big risk.
I choose Hawaii. The first Hawaiians arrived near that time and lived without politics or defined society for a few years as settlement continued and before the Tahitians showed up in full force and instituted hierarchies and a caste system. The risk is that no one knows exactly when they arrived so I might land on a deserted island, but I hardly think I couldn't enjoy a year marooned there, eating fish and fruit only as the mammals came with the settlers.
I would love to see a settlement free of an establishment. They surely brought customs with them and the initial groups made the voyage together so probably had some inherent leadership but as more settlers arrived, how that translated into a society would be interesting and has not been documented at all.
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Interesting choice. Pre-settlement Hawaii would probably be of interest even if you beat the Hawaiians there.
I just looked up Easter Island, and that was right about the time that Polynesians reached that place. They weren't building moai yet, so we wouldn't learn the most interesting stuff about them. But that would be a great place to go back and learn their written language and other stuff. There's all sorts of interesting stuff about this place:
http://www.history.com/topics/easter-island