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The '''State of Gassavelia''' is one of two [[Government of Urcea#State|states]] of the Apostolic Kingdom of [[Urcea]]. | The '''State of Gassavelia''' is one of two [[Government of Urcea#State|states]] of the Apostolic Kingdom of [[Urcea]]. It is the third most populous [[List_of_subdivisions_and_territories_of_Urcea#Metropolitan_Urcea|subidivision of Urcea]] and the most populous non-crownland unit. It sits in the southeastern corner of Urcea and is bounded by the [[Hortus Mountains]] to the northwest, [[Burgundie]] to the east, and the [[Sea of Istroya]] to the south. | ||
Gassavelia traces its history to the arrival of [[Battganuur#Ashrafinid_Empire|Ashrafinid dynasty]] refugees from modern [[Battganuur]] fleeing the expansion of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] in the 7th century. The area of modern Gassavelia, where these refugees arrived, was relatively lightly populated with [[Gaelic people|Gaelic]] tribes as well as [[Great Levantia|post-Levantine]] [[Latinic people|Latin]] cities and some outposts of [[Ancient Istroyan civilization]]. The [[Audonian Christianity|Audonian Christians]] who arrived subdued these peoples and established the Principality of [[Hištanšahr]], though most of the new arrivals and their descendants continued to intermarry with little genetic or religious effect on the people they ruled. In the 11th century, Hištanšahr was incorporated into the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] as the [[Kingdom of Gassavelia]], inaugurating a period of cultrual interchange and the rise of the [[Gassavelian people]]. Gassavelia as an independent polity experienced significant prosperity during the medieval period, but was subsequently destroyed during the [[Great Confessional War]] as it had become a {{wp|Protestant}} state in the 16th century. The eastern part of the Kingdom became [[Faramount]] whereas the west was granted to [[House de Weluta]] and ruled as a series of separate duchies and counties. In the [[Administrative Reorganization Act of 1892]], Gassavelia was reunited as a single state and afforded a degree of autonomy reflecting their historic status as the homeland of a unique people, a status which it still retains today. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||