Zhinayak

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History

Prehistory

Sometime between 120,000 and 180,000 BCE, the first humans began to settle into the area. Agriculture and permanent residences would not become present in the region until the development of agriculture. Several groups have been identified based on the use of stone tools and weapons. The most prevalent of which was identified around the town of 'Čóhóšdár', so the paleolithic peoples found around Zhinayak have often been referred to as 'star-people'. The weapons used by the 'star people' are almost always pointed, and their use in hunting game has been correlated with the presence of large animals in the region. The tools, however seem to be designed mostly for cleaning animals skins for use in either clothing or for other purposes.

Antiquity

The oldest permanently inhabited populations began to become estabished during the time period of ca. 10000 BCE to 8000 BCE, with the development of agriculture. These villages sprang up throughout what was to become the modern nation, however they were mainly concentrated in the central lowlands. This allowed the population to begin to expand and settle throughout the area.

Classical Antiquity

The first cities that sprang up in the region were around the central lowland region. The most notable of which being 'Kjilšderú' which was founded in the region around 1300 BCE, marking the beginning of Zhinayak's classical antiquity period. During this time, the region was divided into a number of city states, each attempting to gain local power over the various villages in the region. The city-states' described two different groups of foreigners, those to the South, and the 'mountain people' who lived on the other sides of the mountain ridges. The classical period is mainly defined by the city-states, however some small kingdoms were able to take control of swaths of territory for short periods of time before breaking apart again into feuding city-states.

While Kjilšderú is often argued as being one of the oldest cities in the nation, its name had changed from the original name given during this period. It was originally referred to as Ketudjer, having been dedicated to the fish god of the old pagan religion that dominated the region prior to the Letsic invasions.

This time period was dotted with small conflicts wherein each of the city-states would fight amongst themselves. However, in ca. 700 BCE, one of the largest wars in the region erupted when the city-state of Ketudjer and her her allies had gone to war with the city-states of the Hinterlands, who for the time had allied themselves with the city-states of the South. This conflict marked a steady increase in technology for the region over the next few decades as each side was embroiled in conflict.

The Vomzi middle classical period came to an end, when the Letsatians invaded, which was also the beginning of the Vomzi late classical period. Some scholars place the date closer to 100 BCE when the Northern-most city-states fell, however others like to place the date closer to between 25 BCE and 25 CE, when the rest of the city-states had been conquered. The Southern states would eventually get conquered during this time as the Hemeshi peoples began colonizing the southern portions of the peninsula, and their fall in around 50 CE is when almost everyone agrees that the Vomzi late classical period began.

Letsatian historians would write 'The [Vomzi] are a curious people. They worship a pantheon of sea-gods and claim that their ancestors were from the sea. It seems they had based their civilization upon a large group of city-states. Their culture is different from the [Hemeshi] to their southwest, and the [Argeyazics] to their northeast.'

The Late classical period would continue until around 450 when the Letsatian empire collapsed, ushering in the Vomzi Midieval period as the first Vomzi kingdoms formed.