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=== Southern Trade Dominance & Feudal Zeshinava ===

Following the collapse of the Caliphate in Sarpedon the new Grand Duchy of Zeshinava would assume the role of the trade hub of the south of the continent. While other major powers were mired by internal conflict through this period, the southern islands would maintain their place as trade hubs despite a new authority. While the Free Cities of Sydona shied away from interaction with the Muslim world, Zeshinava would lean into its position as a bridge between cultures and continents. This served to placate the subservient Muslim population of the officially Christian country and allowed conflict like the inquisitions through the rest of Sarpedon to be avoided, though not without disapproval from the Catholic Church. ~~Though formerly~~ at odds with the Caliphate, Audonian rulers would remain amicable with the Grand Duchy as to maintain a semblance of influence on the continent. This further angered the religious population, and the Church used this to their advantage to gain influence against the Caliphate. The Church, for its part in the Crusade, proclaimed control over the lands the crusaders of the ~~original~~ Zeshen Kingdom recaptured. This once again divided Zeshinava's government but ensured a pause to the accusations of heresy against the royal family of the Grand Duchy.

Following the collapse of the Caliphate in Sarpedon the new Grand Duchy of Zeshinava would assume the role of the trade hub of the south of the continent. While other major powers were mired by internal conflict through this period, the southern islands would maintain their place as trade hubs despite a new authority. While the Free Cities of Sydona shied away from interaction with the Muslim world, Zeshinava would lean into its position as a bridge between cultures and continents. This served to placate the subservient Muslim population of the officially Christian country and allowed conflict like the inquisitions through the rest of Sarpedon to be avoided, though not without disapproval from the Catholic Church. Formerly at odds with the Caliphate, Audonian rulers would remain amicable with the Grand Duchy as to maintain a semblance of influence on the continent. This further angered the religious population, and the Church used this to their advantage to gain influence against the Caliphate. The Church, for its part in the Crusade, proclaimed control over the lands the crusaders of the Zeshen Kingdom recaptured from the successor to the Caliphate within Zeshinava's modern territory: the Absurid Emirate. This once again divided Zeshinava's government but ensured a pause to the accusations of heresy against the royal family of the Grand Duchy.

Zeshinava was in turmoil amidst this conflict of leadership. Nobility was unestablished in the wake of the Caliphate's exit from southern Sarpedon and while the royalty of the land was largely recognized it lacked the capability to exercise authority on smaller scales. This led to a more amicable cooperation between the Church and the Grand Duchy where rather than the Zeshen royal family controlling the land other wealthy crusaders became lords.

==Geography==

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 === Southern Trade Dominance & Feudal Zeshinava ===
-Following the collapse of the Caliphate in Sarpedon the new Grand Duchy of Zeshinava would assume the role of the trade hub of the south of the continent. While other major powers were mired by internal conflict through this period, the southern islands would maintain their place as trade hubs despite a new authority. While the Free Cities of Sydona shied away from interaction with the Muslim world, Zeshinava would lean into its position as a bridge between cultures and continents. This served to placate the subservient Muslim population of the officially Christian country and allowed conflict like the inquisitions through the rest of Sarpedon to be avoided, though not without disapproval from the Catholic Church. Though formerly at odds with the Caliphate, Audonian rulers would remain amicable with the Grand Duchy as to maintain a semblance of influence on the continent. This further angered the religious population, and the Church used this to their advantage to gain influence against the Caliphate. The Church, for its part in the Crusade, proclaimed control over the lands the crusaders of the original Zeshen Kingdom recaptured. This once again divided Zeshinava's government but ensured a pause to the accusations of heresy against the royal family of the Grand Duchy.
+Following the collapse of the Caliphate in Sarpedon the new Grand Duchy of Zeshinava would assume the role of the trade hub of the south of the continent. While other major powers were mired by internal conflict through this period, the southern islands would maintain their place as trade hubs despite a new authority. While the Free Cities of Sydona shied away from interaction with the Muslim world, Zeshinava would lean into its position as a bridge between cultures and continents. This served to placate the subservient Muslim population of the officially Christian country and allowed conflict like the inquisitions through the rest of Sarpedon to be avoided, though not without disapproval from the Catholic Church. Formerly at odds with the Caliphate, Audonian rulers would remain amicable with the Grand Duchy as to maintain a semblance of influence on the continent. This further angered the religious population, and the Church used this to their advantage to gain influence against the Caliphate. The Church, for its part in the Crusade, proclaimed control over the lands the crusaders of the Zeshen Kingdom recaptured from the successor to the Caliphate within Zeshinava's modern territory: the Absurid Emirate. This once again divided Zeshinava's government but ensured a pause to the accusations of heresy against the royal family of the Grand Duchy.
+Zeshinava was in turmoil amidst this conflict of leadership. Nobility was unestablished in the wake of the Caliphate's exit from southern Sarpedon and while the royalty of the land was largely recognized it lacked the capability to exercise authority on smaller scales. This led to a more amicable cooperation between the Church and the Grand Duchy where rather than the Zeshen royal family controlling the land other wealthy crusaders became lords.
 ==Geography==

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