Shalista
26-02-2005, 22:48
The Rise of Shalista, as recorded in the "Ascension of the Incas" book series, written in 2001 A.D.
1520 A.D.
Hernados Cortez arrives in South America. He conquers the Aztecs over the next several years.
1531 A.D.
Inspired by Hernados Cortez's successes, Francisco Pizzarro decides to attempt an conquest of the Incas with 200 men. The Spainards were discovered by a small Incan scout who chose to report back to a nearby group of soldiers rather than engaging the Spainards.
The Incas ambushed the Spainards in the rainforest, using javelins. The Spainards were all killed as the Incas thought they were demons with their rifles. About 1,000 Incas died in the ambush.
The Incas took the rifles, to study them and ascertain where and how its demonic power was generated.
1532 A.D.
News begin to trickle down about Spanish conquests of the Aztecs. The Incas begin building hundreds of booby-traps in the jungles, and continue testing and researching the rifles.
1534 A.D.
Spanish conquerors re-discover the Incas again. Small parties were sent to try to conquer small Inca villages. The parties were easily ambushed and defeated, as the Incas were much more prepared for the Spanish rifles and technology.
The Spanish element of surprise has been lost.
1540 A.D.
Incas begin expanding northwards, tricking Spanish troops with tactics. The Incas sent out small raiding parties aganist Spanish barracks and stockades, then withdrew into the jungles with the arrogant Spaniards following. The Spainards were ambushed and easily killed.
This repeated several times across the Aztec countryside.
1542 A.D.
Incas successfully apply their mathematical and engineering genius in coming up with their own version of gunpowder with substantial theft of Spaniard guns, weapons, and technology.
1551 A.D.
Incas start a massive campaign to wipe out the remaining Spainard forces in former Aztec lands. The Incas meet with mixed success.
The Spainards were pushed back to northern Aztec lands, and manage to send a galleon back to Spain with news of events in South America. The Spaniards begin to employ serious European warfare tactics aganist the Incas.
The Incas were pushed back back towards modern day Columbia. Then disease begins wracking both sides, inflicting more casaulties upon the two armies than warfare did.
The Incas continue fortifying their holdings and territory.
1560 A.D.
Spain begins a massive attack aganist the Incas, employing a large army of 30,000 men, but meet with little success. The Incan booby traps and ambushes claim thousands of Spainards.
Spain retreats from Columbia, and begin building up their colony in Central America and the Caribbean.
The Incas aggressively expand into modern day Argentina, Bolivia, and southern Chile.
1565 A.D.
A treaty is signed between Spain and the Incas. Spain agrees not to invade the Incas, and the Incas would not expand any further north than Columbia. The Incas agree to only expand in South America.
Several decades of uneasy peace followed.
1631 A.D.
The Incas have fortified their South American holdings, while the Spaniards continue solidifying in Central America. The Incas acquire full control of the entirety of Argentina and Chile, while controlling half of Bolivia. Tensions rise considerably as Spain begins to feel the strain in Europe.
Note: As Spain did not have access to gold and wealth of Incas in this timeline as they actually did in real life, Spain was poorer and less powerful. European powers like England and France could challenge Spain on equal footing in this timeline, as opposed to real life timeline.
1633 A.D.
Spain's garrisons launch a sneak attack on the Incas as Spain was desperate for gold and mineral wealth that the Incas enjoyed. Over 100,000 Spanish troops swarmed over the Incas. The Spanish enjoyed much more success, as they employed cannons for the first time to overwhelm Incan walls and fortifications.
1637 A.D.
The Incas were pushed back to southern Ecaudor before a stalemate ensured. The Spanish over-extended their supply lines, and several Incan ambushes eliminated most of the cannon ammunition supplies.
1642 A.D.
The stalemate continues, with Incas keeping up ambushes on cannon supply lines, denying the Spanish their "extra punch" that they would have needed to break the Incan defenses in southern Ecaudor.
1648 A.D.
Spain gives up supplying cannons and supplies to South America. France, angered with the English, decide to invade Spain for extra land and territory.
Spain pulls its troops and material from South America, as it did not have the money or economy to support a two front war, as the Incan wealth was still denied to the Spanish.
1746 A.D.
The Incas control the entirety of South America, after a struggle to re-conquer native tribes who enjoyed Spanish rule and technology. These native tibes became more resistant to Incan invasion and occupation, thereby casuing a bloody 100 year re-conquest campaign.
1754 A.D.
The Incan empire begins to collapse, due to over-extension of its armies, a strained economy, and weak-willed emperors.
The empire collapsed into independent regions and states, creating nations nearly identical to modern day states and regions in South America with one exception. Shalista.
1776 A.D.
While the war of Independence rages on between the United States and England, the Incan empire was fighting for its survival amid fragmentation.
The Incan Empire finally established a re-formed government, reorganized its military, and consolidated the lands that made up its core. The Incan Empire began calling themselves Shalista.
Shalista could only spare enough military and power to re-integrate three regions. Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia.
1803 A.D.
Shalista's consolidation of Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia is completed. Efforts to re-introduce former Incan states failed, as Uruguay, Ecaudor, Brazil, and Peru have developed potent defense forces.
Shalista couldn't muster enough power to conquer, for most of its military had been tied up in revamping the three states of Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia, while suppressing dissent and corruption.
1809 A.D.
Shalista is formally declared as a sovereign nation, controlling Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia.
1520 A.D.
Hernados Cortez arrives in South America. He conquers the Aztecs over the next several years.
1531 A.D.
Inspired by Hernados Cortez's successes, Francisco Pizzarro decides to attempt an conquest of the Incas with 200 men. The Spainards were discovered by a small Incan scout who chose to report back to a nearby group of soldiers rather than engaging the Spainards.
The Incas ambushed the Spainards in the rainforest, using javelins. The Spainards were all killed as the Incas thought they were demons with their rifles. About 1,000 Incas died in the ambush.
The Incas took the rifles, to study them and ascertain where and how its demonic power was generated.
1532 A.D.
News begin to trickle down about Spanish conquests of the Aztecs. The Incas begin building hundreds of booby-traps in the jungles, and continue testing and researching the rifles.
1534 A.D.
Spanish conquerors re-discover the Incas again. Small parties were sent to try to conquer small Inca villages. The parties were easily ambushed and defeated, as the Incas were much more prepared for the Spanish rifles and technology.
The Spanish element of surprise has been lost.
1540 A.D.
Incas begin expanding northwards, tricking Spanish troops with tactics. The Incas sent out small raiding parties aganist Spanish barracks and stockades, then withdrew into the jungles with the arrogant Spaniards following. The Spainards were ambushed and easily killed.
This repeated several times across the Aztec countryside.
1542 A.D.
Incas successfully apply their mathematical and engineering genius in coming up with their own version of gunpowder with substantial theft of Spaniard guns, weapons, and technology.
1551 A.D.
Incas start a massive campaign to wipe out the remaining Spainard forces in former Aztec lands. The Incas meet with mixed success.
The Spainards were pushed back to northern Aztec lands, and manage to send a galleon back to Spain with news of events in South America. The Spaniards begin to employ serious European warfare tactics aganist the Incas.
The Incas were pushed back back towards modern day Columbia. Then disease begins wracking both sides, inflicting more casaulties upon the two armies than warfare did.
The Incas continue fortifying their holdings and territory.
1560 A.D.
Spain begins a massive attack aganist the Incas, employing a large army of 30,000 men, but meet with little success. The Incan booby traps and ambushes claim thousands of Spainards.
Spain retreats from Columbia, and begin building up their colony in Central America and the Caribbean.
The Incas aggressively expand into modern day Argentina, Bolivia, and southern Chile.
1565 A.D.
A treaty is signed between Spain and the Incas. Spain agrees not to invade the Incas, and the Incas would not expand any further north than Columbia. The Incas agree to only expand in South America.
Several decades of uneasy peace followed.
1631 A.D.
The Incas have fortified their South American holdings, while the Spaniards continue solidifying in Central America. The Incas acquire full control of the entirety of Argentina and Chile, while controlling half of Bolivia. Tensions rise considerably as Spain begins to feel the strain in Europe.
Note: As Spain did not have access to gold and wealth of Incas in this timeline as they actually did in real life, Spain was poorer and less powerful. European powers like England and France could challenge Spain on equal footing in this timeline, as opposed to real life timeline.
1633 A.D.
Spain's garrisons launch a sneak attack on the Incas as Spain was desperate for gold and mineral wealth that the Incas enjoyed. Over 100,000 Spanish troops swarmed over the Incas. The Spanish enjoyed much more success, as they employed cannons for the first time to overwhelm Incan walls and fortifications.
1637 A.D.
The Incas were pushed back to southern Ecaudor before a stalemate ensured. The Spanish over-extended their supply lines, and several Incan ambushes eliminated most of the cannon ammunition supplies.
1642 A.D.
The stalemate continues, with Incas keeping up ambushes on cannon supply lines, denying the Spanish their "extra punch" that they would have needed to break the Incan defenses in southern Ecaudor.
1648 A.D.
Spain gives up supplying cannons and supplies to South America. France, angered with the English, decide to invade Spain for extra land and territory.
Spain pulls its troops and material from South America, as it did not have the money or economy to support a two front war, as the Incan wealth was still denied to the Spanish.
1746 A.D.
The Incas control the entirety of South America, after a struggle to re-conquer native tribes who enjoyed Spanish rule and technology. These native tibes became more resistant to Incan invasion and occupation, thereby casuing a bloody 100 year re-conquest campaign.
1754 A.D.
The Incan empire begins to collapse, due to over-extension of its armies, a strained economy, and weak-willed emperors.
The empire collapsed into independent regions and states, creating nations nearly identical to modern day states and regions in South America with one exception. Shalista.
1776 A.D.
While the war of Independence rages on between the United States and England, the Incan empire was fighting for its survival amid fragmentation.
The Incan Empire finally established a re-formed government, reorganized its military, and consolidated the lands that made up its core. The Incan Empire began calling themselves Shalista.
Shalista could only spare enough military and power to re-integrate three regions. Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia.
1803 A.D.
Shalista's consolidation of Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia is completed. Efforts to re-introduce former Incan states failed, as Uruguay, Ecaudor, Brazil, and Peru have developed potent defense forces.
Shalista couldn't muster enough power to conquer, for most of its military had been tied up in revamping the three states of Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia, while suppressing dissent and corruption.
1809 A.D.
Shalista is formally declared as a sovereign nation, controlling Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia.