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===First imperial period===

The medieval period in Oyashima spanned from the 10th century to the [[Oyashima#Sengoku Jidai|Sengoku Jidai]] in the 1450s. It was characterized by the end of the dominance of the nomadic ancestors of the Danehonger peoples and their lifestyle and the rise of the ethnically Mutsutorine kingdoms and empires.

Distant enough from their Shangese colonial neighbors to the south and deeply inbreed with the Mongolic natives, the Matsumori court established a unique cultural and ethnic identity. It was in this period that the {{wpl|Japanese language|Mututori language}} became distinct from the {{wpl|Chinese language|Daxian language}}. Their rule of the Kita-Hanto, (Eng: Northern Peninsula) was absolute. They established sedentary farming communities further and further east. By the 1160s they controlled the whole of the Kita-Hanto and had abolished the nomadic lifestyle.

The family structure was very expansionist focused. The father would pass on his farm to the oldest son and the son’s family would support his siblings and their families until the sisters had been married off and the brothers had taken expeditions and established their own farms on the edge of the territory. This meant that first son’s wives were primarily matchmakers for their sisters-in-law and passed on sagas of adventure to their brothers-in-law as well as being tasked with childrearing. Because each man still took multiple wives it was normal for Musutorine families to arrange first marriages for political or financial gains. The second marriage was normally still to a native woman and was considered an act of charity by introducing civility into the native bloodlines. The third wife was arranged between the man himself and the parents of the bride, often between Musutorine families and was again to secure political or financial gains but this time determined by the man himself and not his parents.

{{Further|Silk Road|Spice trade}}

Oyashimanes in particular were trading in spices (mainly {{wp|cinnamon}} and {{wp|cassia}}) with coastal settlements in [[Al'qarra]] using catamaran and outrigger boats and sailing with the help of the westerlies in the [[Sea of Capelan]]. This trade network expanded to reach as far as the [[Aab-e-Farus]] and the [[Ancient Istroyan civilization]]. It continued into historic times, later becoming the Maritime Silk Road.

Shogun Hatakeyyama Toshimochi from the mountainous Yokkanai province in the southeastern part of modern Oyashima, rebelled and captured much of modern day Oyashima in [[1204]] creating a separate empire. The Matsumori dynasty collapsed in on itself as princes fought for the thrown. By [[1238]], Toshimochi had crushed the armies of the Matsumori and laid claim to their territory.

Fearful of warring princes the Toshimochi banned multiple brides and established clearer rules around succession, these were revolutionary as they recognized daughters as potential royal successors in their own right. Actually appointing a daughter was not very common but its codification into law is amongst the earliest such decree.

The Toshimochi dynasty ruled from [[1204]] until [[1367]] when they passed without issue to the emperor’s cousin Empress Gamou Ai. The Ai period was a violent with its emperors and empresses promoting eastern culture over western. They spoke {{wpl|Vietnamese language|Danehonger}} and eschewed some of the practices they saw as archaic and too [[Daxia|Shang]]ese.This was also the period when expansionism slowed and in some cases reversed. The Ai focused on building a meritocratic civil service of ethnically Kantonese administrators. They were constantly putting down revolts and fending off incursions from their neighbors. In [[1367]] Emperor Takaoka Ai was murdered by band of ninjas and a 250 year period of warring states ensued. Shoguns and daimyos were constantly at each other’s throats looking to find and advantage. The population, once over a million people, stagnated and started to decline. By the 1600s the average person was looking for anyone to provide stability and order.

===Early modern era===

Doctrine of Lapse: The [[Burgoignesc Kandahar-Kandara Trading Company|Company]] readily exploited any perceived weakness in local leadership. If a Daimyo's lineage died out or appeared vulnerable, the company invoked the "doctrine of lapse," claiming the territory for the [[Far East Colony]].

Financial Maneuvers: The [[Burgoignesc Kandahar-Kandara Trading Company|Company]]'s increasing wealth allowed them to buy land titles and strategically bribe officials, further expanding their influence.

Establishment of Kokkahito

*Fall of the Ai Dynasty and the rise of the Thu Loan Shogunate

In [[1817]], facing financial difficulties at home and a series of peasant rebellions that decimated the profitability of the spice trade in the colonies, the [[History_of_Dericania#Duchy_of_Marialanus|Duchy of Marialanus]] sold the [[Far East Colony]] back to Oyashima.

===Late modern history===

*Republics period (bring this from talk and sanitize it)