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===Prehistoric times=== | ===Prehistoric times=== | ||
===Venua Empire and collapse=== | ===Venua Empire and collapse=== | ||
The advent of agriculture came to the Venua'tino region in approximately 1000 BC definitively, though some scholars believe the city of [[Shenendehowa Bay]] was established with agricultural technology at an earlier point. Several major coastal settlements were established by 900 BC, and by 850 BC a political entity which loosely covered the entire coastal region of Venua'tino was established. This polity, which goes by the historiographical term "Venua Empire", had no official name but was | The advent of agriculture came to the Venua'tino region in approximately 1000 BC definitively, though some scholars believe the city of [[Shenendehowa Bay]] was established with agricultural technology at an earlier point. Several major coastal settlements were established by 900 BC, and by 850 BC a political entity which loosely covered the entire coastal region of Venua'tino was established. This polity, which goes by the historiographical term "Venua Empire", had no official name but was colloquially referred to as the "Confederation of the World" by its inhabitants. The Venua Empire continued to establish new settlements and colonies along the coast and by 250 BC had made significant inroads into the Venua'tino interior. Without political rival, the Empire - whose rule had consolidated in Shenendehowa Bay by 100 AD - continued to spread until the 400s AD and had many interior tribal clients. The historical record is silent on why the Empire went into rapid decline, but climatological evidence suggests that a millennia and a half of warmer temperatures in the area came to a swift end. Historians believe former client tribes came south to the coast and sacked major cities while cities of the Empire fought over existing resources. Some historians even believe that major tribes of the area today are descendants of the residents of some cities who were displaced by the environmental changes and became migratory. The Empire ceased to exist by 500 AD. While it was never especially centralized, it was the last time the entire region would be under the dominance of a single polity until the establishment of the [[League of Nations]] mandate over the region nearly a millennia and a half later. | ||
After the fall of the Empire, several surviving cities continued to fight amongst themselves in order to establish hegemony and supremacy. By the 600s, most major cities of the Venua Empire had collapsed and migratory tribal life became the staple throughout the entire Venua'tino region. [[Shenedehowa Bay]] and [[Skaneateles]] became the two remaining major population centers of Venua'tino. By 800 AD, some sense of "normalcy" had returned to the area as both cities established relatively stable and expansive Kingdoms which were able to keep the tribes from raiding their lands. This "two Kingdoms period" continued through the medieval period and provide the first major source of written material and history of the region, and scholars of the two Kingdoms period had great interest in the ancient Venua Empire. | After the fall of the Empire, several surviving cities continued to fight amongst themselves in order to establish hegemony and supremacy. By the 600s, most major cities of the Venua Empire had collapsed and migratory tribal life became the staple throughout the entire Venua'tino region. [[Shenedehowa Bay]] and [[Skaneateles]] became the two remaining major population centers of Venua'tino. By 800 AD, some sense of "normalcy" had returned to the area as both cities established relatively stable and expansive Kingdoms which were able to keep the tribes from raiding their lands. This "two Kingdoms period" continued through the medieval period and provide the first major source of written material and history of the region, and scholars of the two Kingdoms period had great interest in the ancient Venua Empire. | ||
===Quetzen hegemony=== | ===Quetzen hegemony=== | ||
The two Kingdoms period began to come to an end towards the end of the 13th century and the dawn of the {{wp|Little Ice Age}}. The severe climatological effects are thought to have lead to the major wave of crop failures affecting both Kingdoms, which lead to the weakening of both. In [[1324]], the first [[Quetzenkel|Quetzen]] sailors began to arrive on the north shore of the Nysdra. Though disunified, the major maritime city states of Quetzenkel were far more prosperous and powerful than the Venua'tino on account of Quetzenkel's fertile farmland and strategic trading location. Through economic means, the two major cities and other coastal settlements of Venua'tino soon became dependencies on the Quetzen maritime powers as crop imports gave the Quetzen significant power over Venua'tino. Beginning in the 1440s, the city states began campaigns of military subjugation, establishing the first trans-Nysdra colonial system. Both [[Shenedehowa Bay]] and [[Skaneateles]] became subordinate to Quetzen city states, a status that would continue for the next three centuries. The rise of [[Quetzenkel#History|Archchief Quetzen I]] lead to the destruction or subjugation of many of the Quetzen maritime powers. Local notables in the Venua'tino coastal settlements reestablished native rule over the course of the 1640s, inaugurating the modern period in Venua'tino. | The two Kingdoms period began to come to an end towards the end of the 13th century and the dawn of the {{wp|Little Ice Age}}. The severe climatological effects are thought to have lead to the major wave of crop failures affecting both Kingdoms, which lead to the weakening of both. In [[1324]], the first [[Quetzenkel|Quetzen]] sailors began to arrive on the north shore of the Nysdra. Though disunified, the major maritime city states of Quetzenkel were far more prosperous and powerful than the Venua'tino on account of Quetzenkel's fertile farmland and strategic trading location. Through economic means, the two major cities and other coastal settlements of Venua'tino soon became dependencies on the Quetzen maritime powers as crop imports gave the Quetzen significant power over Venua'tino. Beginning in the 1440s, the city states began campaigns of military subjugation, establishing the first trans-Nysdra colonial system. Both [[Shenedehowa Bay]] and [[Skaneateles]] became subordinate to Quetzen city states, a status that would continue for the next three centuries. The rise of [[Quetzenkel#History|Archchief Quetzen I]] lead to the destruction or subjugation of many of the Quetzen maritime powers. Local notables in the Venua'tino coastal settlements reestablished native rule over the course of the 1640s, inaugurating the modern period in Venua'tino. | ||