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{{Infobox settlement | {{Infobox settlement | ||
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===Medieval period=== | ===Medieval period=== | ||
{{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Medieval_history}} | {{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Medieval_history}} | ||
Starting in the 13th century, archeological evidence suggests that minor {{wp|Austronesian peoples|Austronesian}} settlements occured. These settlements never numbered more than 100 people and it was typical that they would be in existence for only a few years at a time, essentially semi-permanent, seasonal fishing villages. | Starting in the 13th century, archeological evidence suggests that minor {{wp|Austronesian peoples|Austronesian}} settlements occured. These settlements never numbered more than 100 people and it was typical that they would be in existence for only a few years at a time, essentially semi-permanent, seasonal fishing villages. | ||
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{{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Early_modern_history}} | {{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Early_modern_history}} | ||
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File: | Abraham Storck - Whaling Expedition.jpg | ||
Whaling-dangers of the whale fishery.jpeg | |||
File: Dundee Antarctic Whaling Expedition 1892.jpg | |||
Ward-of-hull fishery.jpg | |||
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Argaea was lightly colonized by the [[Duchy of Martilles]] from [[1705]]-[[1875]] as a whaling station and later as a penguin and ice factory. It was never a full-fledged colony and as never self-sufficient, but its revenue was important to the [[Duchy of Martilles|Duchy]] and the ice gave the [[Duchy of Martilles|Metropole]] a taste for refinement. The colony never had permanent population of more than 200 people, mostly men, spread across three whaling stations on Argaea Maior and Argaea Minor. | |||
During the [[First Fratricide]] there was some violence on the island between men from the [[Duchy of Marialianus]], the [[County Palatine of Pumbria|Counties Palatine of Pumbria]] and [[County Palatine of Estia|Estia]] against those from the [[Burgundie-Faramount Union]] and the [[Duchy of Martilles]], with two of the whaling stations being burned to the ground and around 45 men injured and 2 killed. As a result of this violence in [[1849]], all of those who would not swear an oath of fealty to the [[Duchy of Martilles|Duke of Martilles]] were expelled from the colony. This led to a labor shortage as there were no new whalers coming because they had been conscripted to the various armies of the [[Maritime Dericania]]n states. Thereafter, until the end of the [[First Fratricide]] very few new whalers came to the islands, except deserters, from [[Maritime Dericania]]. There was an influx of [[Audonia]]ns who were happy to take the risk for a high wage. This tradition continues today with [[Audonia]]n sailors being prized crewmates on the fishing and whaling ships stationed in Argaea. After the [[First Fratricide]] was over, there was a massive influx of people looking to get away from the political strife in the [[Burgoignesc Metropole]]. In the 1880s there was a demographic shift in Argaea with it being largely families who inhabited the islands as the population grew from 200 to 2,000 from 1880-1910. The passage was still long and arduous and what trees had existed had long been chopped down so families were forced to buy expensive timber and make semi-submerged houses in the summer to maintain better heat retention in the winter. | |||
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===Late modern period=== | ===Late modern period=== | ||
{{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Late_modern_history}} | {{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Late_modern_history}} | ||
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File:AmericanAndSovietAtElbe.jpg | File:AmericanAndSovietAtElbe.jpg | ||
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The [[First Great War]] had no impact on on Argaea and it wasn't until the [[Second Great War]] and the beginning of the scientific developments that life on Argaea revolved less around fishing and whaling, and more around serving the incoming scientific community. There were no battles in the environs of Argaea but there were a few public panicks about seeing {{wp|ghost ships}} of the coast. A small garrison force and naval contingent were stationed in Argaea, but they never saw action. | |||
===Contemporary period=== | ===Contemporary period=== | ||
{{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Contemporary_history}} | {{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Contemporary_history}} | ||
Fors the remainder of the 1940s and the early 1950s, the government funding for the scientific community began to dry up and people focused less on the service industry and returned to fishing and whaling. However, the advent of the [[Occidental Cold War]] and the designation of Argaea as a prime location for the nation's top-secret projects and continuity of government, the flood of government and government-funded scientists returned to the island and the economic landscape was forever changed. Fishing and whaling became ancillary industries. Many men took jobs in construction both in the private sector or as recruits into the [[Navy of Burgundie|SeaBees). Despite these new jobs they were not highly paid and the men of the island were making less than their wife's who were taking secretarial jobs and going to secretarial school and sometimes also college. During the 50s and 60s married women became the primary breadwinners of the local economy. This shifted again when, during [[Operation Kipling]], the island was used for rest and relaxation for the soldiers fighting in [[Audonia]]. This shift to hospitality meant that younger, unmarried women were the primary breadwinners of the local economy from [[1968]]-[[1984]]. As [[Operation Kipling]] wound down and the rise of word processor became more prevalent, the women who had been in the hospitality industry transitioned into highly skilled secretarial and early data analytical work for the government establishment. With the rise of the personal computer change and the need to be on the cutting edge became paramount and the schools on Argaea, now also full of the children of the scientific community went through a rapid modernization in the 1990s and 2000s and have become some of the highest performing in [[Burgundie]]. In the 21st century the island is still primarily a research hub, but with the increasing ease of access as jet travel becomes ever more efficient, tourism and hospitality is on the rise. The allure of the skiing adventure without having to bring your passport and with very attractive package deals, is increasing the appeal of Argaea to many across [[Burgundie]]. | |||
==Government== | ==Government== | ||
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[[Category:Islands]] | [[Category:Islands]] | ||
[[Category: Burgoignesc islands]] | [[Category: Burgoignesc islands]] | ||
[[Category:Map Completion Project]] | [[Category:Map Completion Project (Completed)]] | ||