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===Sabnak culture emerges=== | ===Sabnak culture emerges=== | ||
[[File:Yonaguni symbol.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A collection of ancient Sabnak glyphs. The development of writing among the proto-Sabnak laid the foundation for the Sabnak culture.]] | [[File:Yonaguni symbol.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A collection of ancient Sabnak glyphs. The development of writing among the proto-Sabnak laid the foundation for the Sabnak culture.]] | ||
The distinguishing event in the history of the Sabnaki occurred over the course of the years 450 and 950 AD, when a writing system began to emerge from the peoples living around modern Tsaile. Most historians believe that the Sabnak alphabet began as a rudimentary tally system on small wooden blocks used for trade. Accordingly, most scholars believe the Sabnak Alphabet emerged as a commercial shorthand that later found use in political and artistic settings. The first archaeological evidence of literature among the proto-Sabnak dates to around 950 AD; it details the life and times of a man called Menla, the ancestor of the author. Scholarly consensus indicates that the Menla Saga was a long-standing oral tradition among his tribe that had been recorded using what was previously commercial language, and most scholars believe the very earliest form of Sabnak literature was simple codification and recording of long-extant oral traditions. By around 1050 AD, significant political and social interaction occurred via written record. The advent of writing and literature allowed the tribal peoples of modern Sabnaki to relate with eachother in ways not previously possible, building a sense of closeness and commonality between them. The availability of written family sagas allowed their proliferation and widespread adoption. By 1150 AD, most of the peoples living in modern Sabnaki shared the same written language, a shared literary history, and a growing sense of similarity between themselves not shared by other neighboring peoples. Consequently, an identifiable "Sabnak culture" emerged by around 1200 AD out of the various proto-Sabnak peoples. | The distinguishing event in the history of the Sabnaki occurred over the course of the years 450 and 950 AD, when a writing system began to emerge from the peoples living around modern Tsaile. Most historians believe that the Sabnak alphabet began as a rudimentary tally system on small wooden blocks used for trade. Accordingly, most scholars believe the Sabnak Alphabet emerged as a commercial shorthand that was used between traders in the coastal cities that later found use in political and artistic settings. The first archaeological evidence of literature among the proto-Sabnak dates to around 950 AD; it details the life and times of a man called Menla, the ancestor of the author. Scholarly consensus indicates that the Menla Saga was a long-standing oral tradition among his tribe that had been recorded using what was previously commercial language, and most scholars believe the very earliest form of Sabnak literature was simple codification and recording of long-extant oral traditions. By around 1050 AD, significant political and social interaction occurred via written record. The advent of writing and literature allowed the tribal peoples of modern Sabnaki to relate with eachother in ways not previously possible, building a sense of closeness and commonality between them. The availability of written family sagas allowed their proliferation and widespread adoption. By 1150 AD, most of the peoples living in modern Sabnaki shared the same written language, a shared literary history, and a growing sense of similarity between themselves not shared by other neighboring peoples. Consequently, an identifiable "Sabnak culture" emerged by around 1200 AD out of the various proto-Sabnak peoples. | ||
While the Sabnak were not unique among the peoples of Cusinaut in developing writing, most linguists and historians agree they are the only people in Cusinaut to have independently developed writing, given that most other Cusinaut language alphabets borrow significantly from the common tradition of [[Varshan]] and the [[North Songun civilization]] that filtered north through the [[Nysdra]]. This unique literary style contributed later to the sense of alienness that Sabnak people felt from their Cusinautic neighbors, an alienation that would eventually result in the establishment of an isolationist society. | While the Sabnak were not unique among the peoples of Cusinaut in developing writing, most linguists and historians agree they are the only people in Cusinaut to have independently developed writing, given that most other Cusinaut language alphabets borrow significantly from the common tradition of [[Varshan]] and the [[North Songun civilization]] that filtered north through the [[Nysdra]]. This unique literary style contributed later to the sense of alienness that Sabnak people felt from their Cusinautic neighbors, an alienation that would eventually result in the establishment of an isolationist society. | ||