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Despite its potential outside influence, literacy became an extremely influential aspect of palatial society at the time, with people very quickly realizing its use in poetry and general communication. Spiritual aspects as seen above became associated with writing, and since the palaces controlled literacy, this allowed them extensive control over the religious landscape of their domains. | Despite its potential outside influence, literacy became an extremely influential aspect of palatial society at the time, with people very quickly realizing its use in poetry and general communication. Spiritual aspects as seen above became associated with writing, and since the palaces controlled literacy, this allowed them extensive control over the religious landscape of their domains. | ||
The Polynesians at this time followed the pre-Kapuhenasa spirituality, which was an animistic faith centered on the control of good spirits and banishment of malevolent spirits. Literacy dramatically shaped the religious layout and understanding of humanity’s connection with the spiritual world. Notably, we can examine the early Polynesian writings and see that people held a very close and intertwined relationship with the natural world, viewing themselves as being a part of a greater nature. However, the discourse began to gradually shift in favour of a view of mankind as dominating nature. This coincided with the establishment of more advanced agricultural concepts such as dams, levees and a wider emphasis on livestock cultivation. This led to population booms and what is widely called the Palatial Golden Age. Art, architecture and poetry flourished during the 800s to late 900s when Aiaka, Keikono and Nagala were at their most powerful. They managed to centralize most administration in their palatial grounds and kept a delicate balance of power between each other. During this time, their palaces were the centers of southern Vallosi wealth and laid the groundwork for the coming medieval age. | |||
===Palatial Golden Age=== | |||
====Palatial Collapse and Ko'ngairauo Wars=== | |||
In 950, the mainland of Takatta went through a 4 year drought in which no monsoons occurred. The records indicate that the palaces did everything they could to maintain peace, up to and including human sacrifice. However, the fact that the palaces hoarded rice for themselves whilst refusing to distribute it to the common people led to significant unrest. In 953, a general of Keikono named Ngasikai staged an insurrection against the palace, and a few months later he succeeded, resulting in the destruction of the palace and the redistribution of both land and food to the common people, provided that they yield tax to Ngasikai. This resulted in a wider disturbance which ultimately ended with the collapse of the palatial system and the ascension or warlord descended kingdoms. In later Loa historiography, this period is often called the Era of the Ko'ngairauo Wars, an appellation that translates roughly to Redistribution or such. The primary primary actors of the wars were Aiaka and Nagala against various insurrection as well as Ngasikai, who had hopes of ruling over all of riverine Takatta Loa. | |||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||