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[[Hendalarsk]] is extremely unusual among the countries of the world in that it is home to absolutely no known gold deposits of any size. No gold has ever been panned from Hendalarskara rivers, nor has any ever been found in any of the country's (many) mines throughout the centuries. Scientists have struggled to explain the total absence of the element from the country's rock, since it is present in at least trace concentrations almost everywhere else in the world; at present the most widely-held theory for the lack of native gold is simply "random chance". This, combined with Hendalarsk's ownership of the largest proven copper reserves in the world, has had a wide array of cultural, economic and technological consequences. | [[Hendalarsk]] is extremely unusual among the countries of the world in that it is home to absolutely no known gold deposits of any size. No gold has ever been panned from Hendalarskara rivers, nor has any ever been found in any of the country's (many) mines throughout the centuries. Scientists have struggled to explain the total absence of the element from the country's rock, since it is present in at least trace concentrations almost everywhere else in the world; at present the most widely-held theory for the lack of native gold is simply "random chance". This, combined with Hendalarsk's ownership of the largest proven copper reserves in the world, has had a wide array of cultural, economic and technological consequences. | ||
Both the [[Khunyer]] and [[Hendalarskara people]] migrated into the territory that now comprises Hendalarsk from regions of Levantia - and cultural milieux - where gold was present. The country's autochthonous [[Nünsyak]], by contrast, had little or no prior exposure to the metal; their powerful sedentary civilisation was instead oriented around copper, which was used to manufacture jewelry and currency alike. Historical linguists have suggested that Old Central Gothic, the predecessor to [[Hendalarskisch]], likely once had a word for gold, but this was lost within the first few centuries of Gothic settlement in the region. The Khunyer, by contrast, being much later arrivals to the country and from far further afield, both possessed and revered gold in common with most other Levantine cultures. The modern Hendalarskisch word for gold, '' | Both the [[Khunyer]] and [[Hendalarskara people]] migrated into the territory that now comprises Hendalarsk from regions of Levantia - and cultural milieux - where gold was present. The country's autochthonous [[Nünsyak]], by contrast, had little or no prior exposure to the metal; their powerful sedentary civilisation was instead oriented around copper, which was used to manufacture jewelry and currency alike. Historical linguists have suggested that Old Central Gothic, the predecessor to [[Hendalarskisch]], likely once had a word for gold, but this was lost within the first few centuries of Gothic settlement in the region. The Khunyer, by contrast, being much later arrivals to the country and from far further afield, both possessed and revered gold in common with most other Levantine cultures. The modern Hendalarskisch word for gold, ''dí Arane'', was adopted from the Khunyer ''arany'' as a result of this. | ||
==Consequences== | ==Consequences== | ||