7,674
edits
Truffle Races: Difference between revisions
m
no edit summary
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
{{Infobox military conflict | {{Infobox military conflict | ||
|conflict = Truffle Races | |conflict = Truffle Races | ||
|partof = | |partof = [[Levanto-Sarpic_relations#Levanto-Sarpic_conflicts|Levanto-Sarpic conflicts]] | ||
|image = File:Caphirians firing on Burgs during Truffle Kerfuffle.jpg | |image = File:Caphirians firing on Burgs during Truffle Kerfuffle.jpg | ||
|image_size = 300px | |image_size = 300px | ||
| Line 40: | Line 40: | ||
[[File:Armed_Four-Master_Putting_Out_to_Sea_from_The_Sailing_Vessels_MET_DP818236.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Burgoignesc "Truffle carrack" in [[1576]]]] | [[File:Armed_Four-Master_Putting_Out_to_Sea_from_The_Sailing_Vessels_MET_DP818236.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Burgoignesc "Truffle carrack" in [[1576]]]] | ||
[[File: Giovanni_Battista_Moroni_-_Portrait_of_Don_Gabriel_de_la_Cueva,_later_Duke_of_Alburquerque_-_WGA16256.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Truffler-in-chief of [[History_of_Burgundie#Duchy_of_Marialanus|Marialanus]], Jean Evangeliste Gabriel de Matiste]] | [[File: Giovanni_Battista_Moroni_-_Portrait_of_Don_Gabriel_de_la_Cueva,_later_Duke_of_Alburquerque_-_WGA16256.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Truffler-in-chief of [[History_of_Burgundie#Duchy_of_Marialanus|Marialanus]], Jean Evangeliste Gabriel de Matiste]] | ||
The '''Truffle Races''', also known as the '''Truffle Wars''', were a series of conflicts between [[Caphiria]] and [[Burgundie]] in the late-Renaissance period ([[1574]]-[[1602]]) to locate, cultivate, and harvest rare [[Trufficulture|truffles]] around the world. Throughout most of the 1570s-1590s the conflict was contained to the [[Odoneru Ocean]], [[Sea of Canete]], and [[Sea of Istroya]], but dealing with established relationships and networks of alliances was costly and slow. In the early 1590s a | The '''Truffle Races''', also known as the '''Truffle Wars''', were a series of conflicts between [[Caphiria]] and [[Burgundie]] in the late-Renaissance period ([[1574]]-[[1602]]) to locate, cultivate, and harvest rare [[Trufficulture|truffles]] around the world. Throughout most of the 1570s-1590s the conflict was contained to the [[Odoneru Ocean]], [[Sea of Canete]], and [[Sea of Istroya]], but dealing with established relationships and networks of alliances was costly and slow. In the early 1590s a [[Caphiria]]n explorer, Biggus Dixus, found truffles in the [[Zaclaria|Emirate of Zaclaria]] and the races turned into a violent geopolitical struggle for the southern entrance to the [[Aab-e-Farus]]. | ||
=Background= | |||
The Truffle Races were a commercial trade conflict but historiographically they represent so much more than just a mere skirmish for a valuable resource between Levanto-Sarpic powers. They occurred on the merger between the {{wpl|Age of Sail}} and the {{wpl|Age of Discovery}}, in the context of the [[Occidental world|Occidental]] {{wpl|Renaissance}}, when the artillery revolution was forcing the end of the feudal system and making nation-states out of fiefdoms. | |||
That became focused on territory in [[Alshar]] was a direct result of the collapse of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] in [[1517]]. This saw many events that heralded the end of the [[Alshar]]i-[[Occidental]] overarchingly balanced relationship seen during the [[Crusades]] and shifted it toward unequal combat wherein the [[Occidental world]] had more power and began to colonize [[Alshar]] and [[Audonia]]. | |||
=Major Events/Outcomes= | =Major Events/Outcomes= | ||