Sharina
04-09-2004, 04:38
Greetings, guys.
I thought I'd do a Factbook of my nation for the time being, until I can put up a website for my nation.
First thing is Sharina's History. I will continually revise it, as new cities and such are founded, and I work on "events" in Sharina history.
Feedback would be welcome!
Here goes.....
Sharina's history all began 30,000 years ago with our first ancestors. We have uncovered artifacts and word-drawings in several ancient caves in the Grenov mountains. From what we have discovered, our ancestors were mountain hunters and dwellers. They were able to eke out an living from hunting the multiude of creatures roaming our mountains. This period ranges from 30,000 to 10,000 years ago, and we term it the Mountain Age.
The next epoch in our history is known as the Gathering Age which began 10,000 years ago, and lasted until 6,000 years ago. It began when several groups congregated, creating our first semblance of civilization. From what we have found in our archaeologic digs, there were several different "tribes", usually comprising of 500 to 1000 people each. They had their own versions of word-drawings and they even produced their own unique huinting tools.
One tribe which we term "Cave Bear" left behind several surprisingly detailed art of bears, warriors wearing bear teeth / claw necklaces, and a shaman with a bearskin sitting in a cave. They also wore rudimentary shields comprised of dead tree bark as well as wielding double ended spears with a spearhead at each end of the shaft.
Another tribe termed the "Sky Gorilla" wielded single spearheads with etchings of crude people on them, and drew the gorilla animal, as well as a lot of stars and clouds inside their cave shelters.
Several thousand years passed, as the various tribes met together, developed trading, and began rudimentary farming. They began developing small villages along the Shest River. They built houses of mud and straw, using the local reeds and swamp mud. The tribes began harvesting the krea, a delicious and sweet grain. During this period, they began developing word-writing on mud dried tablets and even on their own mud houses.
The earliest written words date to roughly 7,800 years ago.
Approximately 6,000 years ago, our first civil war occurred, based on surviving written records. The two clans, the Cave Bear and the Sky Gorillas, had apparently discovered the first metal deposit in our history. The Cave Bears wanted to use the metal to help farming and trade. They were the first ones to introduce currency, using triangular pieces of metal. The Sky Gorillas disagreed, preferring to use the metal as hunting tools and construction of a large village comparable to the size of a modern town out of the mountainside.
The two clans seperated after considerable fighting, and created our first nations. The Sky Gorillas created the nation of Shev, located deep in the mountains, high on their slopes. The Cave Bears established their nation of Bearia at the foothills of the mountains, as well as the river valley that spreads out into the Karanos Plains. This split would result in two distinct types of Sharians even to this day.
The Sky Gorillas began carving houses and walkways out of the mountainsides, creating manificent towns and mountain roads. They also carved out large temples, giant statues of their Cloud Kings, and fortresses to guard aganist the attacks of the Cave Bears. The Cloud King's advisers were known as Elder Shars.
The Cave Bears began building larger houses and dwellings made out of masonry and mud bricks. The tribe began building great pyramids and ziggrauts in honor of their Bear God. They began expanding in the direction of the Plains, losing their interest in the mountains. The Cave Bears chose to establish a revolutionary type of government, which would become the first recorded Republic in our nation's long history.
This age of two growing nations is known as the Classical Age, lasting from roughly 6,000 years ago to 2,004 years ago. Our national dating system begins at the exact end of the Classical Age.
A large war broke out between the two nations, due to the Sky Gorillas staking claim on the foothills of the Grenev Mountains, hoping to acquire some fertile farmland along the Shest River. The Sky Gorilla population was rising, outstripping their mountain farm capacity to feed them.
After several years of fighting, the two nations amassed the largest concentration of forces in both nations histories. The Cloud King and current Cave Bear Shaman were personally commanding each of their armies respectively.
Then as they were preparing to fight, the Heavenly Star entered our planet's atmosphere, and streaked from behind the Grenev Mountains towards its final resting place. When it hit the Earth, the two armies could see a bright flash far in the horizon, and felt the ground tremble.
Both nations feared that the nightime light and tremor were clear indications that their gods were angry because of their constant fighting and squabbling. They felt that to appease the gods, they were to become one people once again, thus both nations of Shev and Bearina merged to form the nation of Sharina.
People from both clans came together to form an expedition to search out the resting place of the Heavenly Star. After several years, they finally discovered the Heavenly Star, and dedicated themselves to build a city at the site, to appease the gods. Thus, Lorn was founded.
The year of the Heavenly Star crashing into our planet is designated Year 0 of the Age of Wonders. The years before the Heavenly Star is designated Year of the Age of Troubles.
In 100 A.W. the remaining Sky Gorillas decided to build the largest city in the Grebev Mountains, and named it Lodis, after their Sun God, celebrating the 100th year of the Age of Wonders. The largest Cave Bear community on the Shest River eventually became our city of Medina. It can technically be argued that Medina is the oldest recorded city, dating all the way to the Great Split, which is our name for the Civil War. This would make Medina approximately 6,000 years old.
In 117 A.W. explorers from Lorn discovered a pristine area where three rivers merged and settled the area, founding the city of Kalista.
In 160 A.W. the Sharians discovered a large bay, and saw the ocean for the first time. Several years earlier, the Sharians decided to map out their entire landmass. We settled the bay coast, creating the city of Vau.
These five cities are the oldest on Sharina, and the rest of the population live in various towns or younger cities across Sharina.
I thought I'd do a Factbook of my nation for the time being, until I can put up a website for my nation.
First thing is Sharina's History. I will continually revise it, as new cities and such are founded, and I work on "events" in Sharina history.
Feedback would be welcome!
Here goes.....
Sharina's history all began 30,000 years ago with our first ancestors. We have uncovered artifacts and word-drawings in several ancient caves in the Grenov mountains. From what we have discovered, our ancestors were mountain hunters and dwellers. They were able to eke out an living from hunting the multiude of creatures roaming our mountains. This period ranges from 30,000 to 10,000 years ago, and we term it the Mountain Age.
The next epoch in our history is known as the Gathering Age which began 10,000 years ago, and lasted until 6,000 years ago. It began when several groups congregated, creating our first semblance of civilization. From what we have found in our archaeologic digs, there were several different "tribes", usually comprising of 500 to 1000 people each. They had their own versions of word-drawings and they even produced their own unique huinting tools.
One tribe which we term "Cave Bear" left behind several surprisingly detailed art of bears, warriors wearing bear teeth / claw necklaces, and a shaman with a bearskin sitting in a cave. They also wore rudimentary shields comprised of dead tree bark as well as wielding double ended spears with a spearhead at each end of the shaft.
Another tribe termed the "Sky Gorilla" wielded single spearheads with etchings of crude people on them, and drew the gorilla animal, as well as a lot of stars and clouds inside their cave shelters.
Several thousand years passed, as the various tribes met together, developed trading, and began rudimentary farming. They began developing small villages along the Shest River. They built houses of mud and straw, using the local reeds and swamp mud. The tribes began harvesting the krea, a delicious and sweet grain. During this period, they began developing word-writing on mud dried tablets and even on their own mud houses.
The earliest written words date to roughly 7,800 years ago.
Approximately 6,000 years ago, our first civil war occurred, based on surviving written records. The two clans, the Cave Bear and the Sky Gorillas, had apparently discovered the first metal deposit in our history. The Cave Bears wanted to use the metal to help farming and trade. They were the first ones to introduce currency, using triangular pieces of metal. The Sky Gorillas disagreed, preferring to use the metal as hunting tools and construction of a large village comparable to the size of a modern town out of the mountainside.
The two clans seperated after considerable fighting, and created our first nations. The Sky Gorillas created the nation of Shev, located deep in the mountains, high on their slopes. The Cave Bears established their nation of Bearia at the foothills of the mountains, as well as the river valley that spreads out into the Karanos Plains. This split would result in two distinct types of Sharians even to this day.
The Sky Gorillas began carving houses and walkways out of the mountainsides, creating manificent towns and mountain roads. They also carved out large temples, giant statues of their Cloud Kings, and fortresses to guard aganist the attacks of the Cave Bears. The Cloud King's advisers were known as Elder Shars.
The Cave Bears began building larger houses and dwellings made out of masonry and mud bricks. The tribe began building great pyramids and ziggrauts in honor of their Bear God. They began expanding in the direction of the Plains, losing their interest in the mountains. The Cave Bears chose to establish a revolutionary type of government, which would become the first recorded Republic in our nation's long history.
This age of two growing nations is known as the Classical Age, lasting from roughly 6,000 years ago to 2,004 years ago. Our national dating system begins at the exact end of the Classical Age.
A large war broke out between the two nations, due to the Sky Gorillas staking claim on the foothills of the Grenev Mountains, hoping to acquire some fertile farmland along the Shest River. The Sky Gorilla population was rising, outstripping their mountain farm capacity to feed them.
After several years of fighting, the two nations amassed the largest concentration of forces in both nations histories. The Cloud King and current Cave Bear Shaman were personally commanding each of their armies respectively.
Then as they were preparing to fight, the Heavenly Star entered our planet's atmosphere, and streaked from behind the Grenev Mountains towards its final resting place. When it hit the Earth, the two armies could see a bright flash far in the horizon, and felt the ground tremble.
Both nations feared that the nightime light and tremor were clear indications that their gods were angry because of their constant fighting and squabbling. They felt that to appease the gods, they were to become one people once again, thus both nations of Shev and Bearina merged to form the nation of Sharina.
People from both clans came together to form an expedition to search out the resting place of the Heavenly Star. After several years, they finally discovered the Heavenly Star, and dedicated themselves to build a city at the site, to appease the gods. Thus, Lorn was founded.
The year of the Heavenly Star crashing into our planet is designated Year 0 of the Age of Wonders. The years before the Heavenly Star is designated Year of the Age of Troubles.
In 100 A.W. the remaining Sky Gorillas decided to build the largest city in the Grebev Mountains, and named it Lodis, after their Sun God, celebrating the 100th year of the Age of Wonders. The largest Cave Bear community on the Shest River eventually became our city of Medina. It can technically be argued that Medina is the oldest recorded city, dating all the way to the Great Split, which is our name for the Civil War. This would make Medina approximately 6,000 years old.
In 117 A.W. explorers from Lorn discovered a pristine area where three rivers merged and settled the area, founding the city of Kalista.
In 160 A.W. the Sharians discovered a large bay, and saw the ocean for the first time. Several years earlier, the Sharians decided to map out their entire landmass. We settled the bay coast, creating the city of Vau.
These five cities are the oldest on Sharina, and the rest of the population live in various towns or younger cities across Sharina.