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====Algosh wars==== | ====Algosh wars==== | ||
It is believed that a very large number of those captured on both sides in the various Sabnak-Algosh wars were sold into slavery in [[Varshan]], usually through slave markets on the [[Seneca Islands]]. A legend reports that a group of captive Algosh and Sabnak slaves on the islands broke loose of their captors and continued fighting one another, but its unclear if the so-called "Battle of Sakanoma" is based on history or was a later invention. | |||
===Rise of the Export Society=== | ===Rise of the Export Society=== | ||
Although the Sabnak were relatively unaffected by [[Aster's expedition]] as it opened central [[Crona]] to the [[Occident]], by the late 1600s and early 1700s, the leaders of the Sabnak League grew increasingly concerned about the presence of the militarily powerful foreigners increasingly seen in and around Cusinaut on a yearly basis. Due to their animosity with the neighboring [[Algosh people]], local alliances or membership in the hated [[Northern Confederation]] were not an option, so the Sabnak League developed a different approach. The decision was made to open one city, Lichai, to Occidental trade, intending to provide large numbers of goods to the Occidentals for relatively low cost in exchange for gold and weapons. Through negotiation, it was determined that Sabnaki's best contributions would be {{wp|tobacco}} and {{wp|indigo}}, and prominent Sabnak leaders began to build private plantations to grow and harvest these crops for export. The nation's output was relatively small at first, but by [[1720]] political and social leaders began to fully transition the country into an exporter, creating both social and political institutions to help facilitate the growth and sale of these goods. This process created what was known as the "Export Society", a new set of institutions in Sabnaki that eliminated many of the remnant migratory tribal lands and massively enriched a small class of planters, who became the leading economic clique in the country by [[1800]]. | Although the Sabnak were relatively unaffected by [[Aster's expedition]] as it opened central [[Crona]] to the [[Occident]], by the late 1600s and early 1700s, the leaders of the Sabnak League grew increasingly concerned about the presence of the militarily powerful foreigners increasingly seen in and around Cusinaut on a yearly basis. Due to their animosity with the neighboring [[Algosh people]], local alliances or membership in the hated [[Northern Confederation]] were not an option, so the Sabnak League developed a different approach. The decision was made to open one city, Lichai, to Occidental trade, intending to provide large numbers of goods to the Occidentals for relatively low cost in exchange for gold and weapons. Through negotiation, it was determined that Sabnaki's best contributions would be {{wp|tobacco}} and {{wp|indigo}}, and prominent Sabnak leaders began to build private plantations to grow and harvest these crops for export. The nation's output was relatively small at first, but by [[1720]] political and social leaders began to fully transition the country into an exporter, creating both social and political institutions to help facilitate the growth and sale of these goods. This process created what was known as the "Export Society", a new set of institutions in Sabnaki that eliminated many of the remnant migratory tribal lands and massively enriched a small class of planters, who became the leading economic clique in the country by [[1800]]. | ||