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'''The Valley''' is a term referring to the central region of [[Urcea]] and its most populous. It includes the [[Archduchy of Urceopolis]], the provinces of [[Westglen]], [[Eastglen]], [[Northgate]], [[Goldvale]], [[Killean]], [[the Cape (Urcean province)|the Cape]], [[Yustona]], and [[Niallsland]]. | '''The Valley''' is a term referring to the central region of [[Urcea]] and its most populous. It includes the [[Archduchy of Urceopolis]], the provinces of [[Westglen]], [[Eastglen]], [[Northgate]], [[Goldvale]], [[Killean]], [[the Cape (Urcean province)|the Cape]], [[Yustona]], and [[Niallsland]]. | ||
The Valley is so named because it sits between the [[Ionian Mountains]] to the east, the [[Pralia Mountains]] to the north, and the [[Hortus Mountains]] to the south. With the exception of the western most parts - [[Yustona]] and [[Niallsland]] - the Valley is a large, flat, sweeping plain which has historically been the site of significant settlement and agricultural use. The [[Urce River]] runs down the central and northern portions of the Valley, serving as a major transportation corridor as well as a major ecological site, being the source of significant irrigation throughout the Valley. | The Valley is so named because it sits between the [[Ionian Mountains]] to the east, the [[Pralia Mountains]] to the north, and the [[Hortus Mountains]] to the south. With the exception of the western most parts - [[Yustona]] and [[Niallsland]] - the Valley is a large, flat, sweeping plain which has historically been the site of significant settlement and agricultural use. The [[Urce River]] runs down the central and northern portions of the Valley, serving as a major transportation corridor as well as a major ecological site, being the source of significant irrigation throughout the Valley. Besides being merely a geographic area, however, it has remained a source of identity. People from within the Valley typically consider the Valley - whatever it may encompass at any period in history - to be the "settled" and "civilized" part of [[Urcea]] with the remaining part being either foreign or frontier in some variety, an attitude which some scholars posit originated in [[Great Levantia]]. Accordingly, the Valley was viewed as the source of settlement and civilization for the rest of the country, especially as residents of the region were settled elsewhere as [[Ómestaderoi]], a program which brought increasing cultural integration throughout the possessions of the [[Julian dynasty]] that would become a cohesive Urcean nation. | ||
The Valley is one of the most populated places in the world, and its residents form the majority of the population of [[Urcea]] as well as the place of origin of the [[Urcean people]]. Prior to the resettlement of the Valley by [[Gaelic people]] and the cultural exchange that created the Urcean people, it was the seat of [[Great Levantia]], one of the ancient world's largest empires and the largest empire in the history of [[Levantia]]. The agricultural yields in ancient times allowed the [[Latinic people]] who settled in the Valley to become numerous and prosperous, spreading out throughout the rest of the continent. Following the collapse of Great Levantia, the Valley was divided among many different states, including the [[Urceopolis (Duchy)|Duchy of Urceopolis]], the cities of the [[Latin League]], and other polities. It was gradually reunified by the [[Julian dynasty]] under the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], culminating with the creation of [[Urcea]] as a Kingdom in [[Golden Bull of 1098|1098]], though the unification itself would not be fully complete until centuries later. | The Valley is one of the most populated places in the world, and its residents form the majority of the population of [[Urcea]] as well as the place of origin of the [[Urcean people]]. Prior to the resettlement of the Valley by [[Gaelic people]] and the cultural exchange that created the Urcean people, it was the seat of [[Great Levantia]], one of the ancient world's largest empires and the largest empire in the history of [[Levantia]]. The agricultural yields in ancient times allowed the [[Latinic people]] who settled in the Valley to become numerous and prosperous, spreading out throughout the rest of the continent. Following the collapse of Great Levantia, the Valley was divided among many different states, including the [[Urceopolis (Duchy)|Duchy of Urceopolis]], the cities of the [[Latin League]], and other polities. It was gradually reunified by the [[Julian dynasty]] under the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], culminating with the creation of [[Urcea]] as a Kingdom in [[Golden Bull of 1098|1098]], though the unification itself would not be fully complete until centuries later. | ||