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During the [[Crusades|Fourth Crusade]], the Iddrytine Despotate, particularly the outer islands, was beset by an island-hopping Crusader offencives led by the [[Elamite Order]] that sequentially captured Diakronum, the Tetyres, Tyadoæa, Prevoy and Savoy, and Elaiussa. The Elamites established a {{wp|crusader state}} in the captured islands, ruled from Elaiussa, which they renamed ''Mar-Kśaver''. | During the [[Crusades|Fourth Crusade]], the Iddrytine Despotate, particularly the outer islands, was beset by an island-hopping Crusader offencives led by the [[Elamite Order]] that sequentially captured Diakronum, the Tetyres, Tyadoæa, Prevoy and Savoy, and Elaiussa. The Elamites established a {{wp|crusader state}} in the captured islands, ruled from Elaiussa, which they renamed ''Mar-Kśaver''. | ||
The Elamites would subsequently capture Manētuva and parts of | The Elamites would subsequently capture Manētuva and parts of Teğer and add them to their domains as well. The Iddrytine Despotate, though reduced, would survive until [DECADE] when it lost its mainland provinces to expanding Slavic kingdoms, and consequently in its weakened state lost the outer Sydonas and parts of Yerduran to the Elamites. It would finally cease to exist in [YEAR] when the Thračician duke Zvonimir conquered its capital on Idyres and then easily subdued the remaining Iddrytine holdings on Yerduran. This area corresponds to the cultural and demographic heartland of the modern Thračicians. | ||
====Free Cities of Sydona and the Order State==== | ====Free Cities of Sydona and the Order State==== | ||
From [YR] AD to [YR] AD, Sydona would be politically divided between two entities: the Order State, which ruled the majority of the archipelago's landmass, and the Free Cities of Sydona, a discontiguous confederation of ethnically Thračician {{wp|merchant republic}} city-states scattered across the coasts of Yerduran, | From [YR] AD to [YR] AD, Sydona would be politically divided between two entities: the Order State, which ruled the majority of the archipelago's landmass, and the Free Cities of Sydona, a discontiguous confederation of ethnically Thračician {{wp|merchant republic}} city-states scattered across the coasts of Yerduran, Teğer, and [other]. | ||
The Order annexed the Free Cities between [YR] and [YR], finally bringing the entire archipelago under its sole control. It did however allow most of the conquered cities to maintain their previous ruling institutions and certain foral rights, especially in regard to taxes, professions, and trade. | The Order annexed the Free Cities between [YR] and [YR], finally bringing the entire archipelago under its sole control. It did however allow most of the conquered cities to maintain their previous ruling institutions and certain foral rights, especially in regard to taxes, professions, and trade. | ||
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The archipelago lies entirely within the temperate belt, with a broadly {{wp|Trewartha_climate_classification#Group_C:_Subtropical_climates|humid subtropical climate}} (Trewartha ''Cf''), with ample rainfall and a narrow, moderate annual temperature range. Sydona's antipodean seasons are well-defined: Spring is usually cool, windy, and damp, while warm summers and mild autumns create a long growing season for crops. Winters, though mild, are generally chilly and humid. | The archipelago lies entirely within the temperate belt, with a broadly {{wp|Trewartha_climate_classification#Group_C:_Subtropical_climates|humid subtropical climate}} (Trewartha ''Cf''), with ample rainfall and a narrow, moderate annual temperature range. Sydona's antipodean seasons are well-defined: Spring is usually cool, windy, and damp, while warm summers and mild autumns create a long growing season for crops. Winters, though mild, are generally chilly and humid. | ||
Important cities include [[Destransar]], [[Cities of Sydona#Resava|Resava]], [[Cities of Sydona#Vansarvan|Vansarvan]], [[Cities of Sydona#Tertkert|Tertkert]], [[Cities of Sydona#Xriğorisar|Ğrigurêkivon]], [[Cities of Sydona#Batjikalovo|Batjikalovo]], [[Cities of Sydona#Vander|Vander]], Chjuraskovo, and [[Cities of Sydona#Asturiupol|Asturiupol']]. | |||
The archipelago has a pluviseasonal-oceanic mediterranean climate, with thermal grades ranging from thermomediterranean to mesomediterranean, with parts of the southern islands and elevated areas of Yerduran experiencing supramediterranean thermal conditions. | <!-- OR: The archipelago has a pluviseasonal-oceanic mediterranean climate, with thermal grades ranging from thermomediterranean to mesomediterranean, with parts of the southern islands and elevated areas of Yerduran experiencing supramediterranean thermal conditions. --> | ||
==Governance and Politics== | ==Governance and Politics== | ||