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===Conquest by Anzo=== | ===Conquest by Anzo=== | ||
The 11th century sources are generally scarce but attest to, along with some archaeological evidence, the decline of the ''Hō-Rikkyō'' and extended | The 11th century sources are generally scarce but attest to, along with some archaeological evidence, the decline of the ''Hō-Rikkyō'' and extended conflict with the nascent mainland empire of [[Zurgite Varshan]]. Varshani records and stories attest to the naval superiority of the Hō-Rikkyō as well as their ability to continually procure mainland mercenaries to fight for them, indicating that the Hō-Rikkyō were likely still wealthy as the Crona-Audonia trade facilitator. Almost nothing is known of the final conquest of the Senecas by Anzo, but modern scholars have suggested that the members of the Hō-Rikkyō order were incorporated into the early version of the [[Varshani caste system]] given the types of names in 12th and 13th century records of the Senecas' [[Varshani_caste_system#Warriors|warrior castes]] that eventually appear to have died out. A minority of scholars have claimed significant Buddhist influence on the emergent [[Orthodox Arzalism|Orthodox Arzalist]] faith as evidence for the survival of the members of the Hō-Rikkyō, but these claims are extremely contentious and not held by a majority of Varshanologists. Worth noting is that chronological problems exists for the traditional narrative of the incorporation of the Senecas into Varshan due to the [[Varshani_historiography#Žuqul_problem|Žuqul problem]] and [[Varshan#Anzoite_period|controversy about medieval Anzo]], which has invited alternative theories that the Hō-Rikkyō were fighting off the rising city-state of Anzo, rather than a monolithic continental empire, with the conflict largely occurring as between two equal powers. This theory has been used as a possibility to explain the length by which the Senecas held out in a supposed long war between the Hō-Rikkyō and Anzo. | ||
From its conquest and incorporation into Varshan, the Senecas appear to have become a largely irrelevant backwater for the next several centuries. Little is attested of the place beyond the occasional visit to Anzo by a Senecan, and archaeology suggests most Audonia-Crona trade that once came through the Senecas ceased. | |||
===Golden age of Cronan shipbuilding=== | ===Golden age of Cronan shipbuilding=== | ||
===19th century decline=== | ===19th century decline=== | ||