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Pu'ukoholā Heiau

1790 CE – 1791 CE · 1 year

Massive stone temple built by Kamehameha I on Hawai'i Island to his war god Kūkā'ilimoku, consecrated to fulfill a prophecy uniting the Hawaiian Islands

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Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site on Wikipedia.

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  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1783 CE)
  2. Polynesians (1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  3. Kingdom of Hawaii (1815 CE–1880 CE) Border precision: Defined
  4. Territory of Hawaii (1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. United States (1914 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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