Around this time, PWM-speaking peoples settled in the Great-Mountains Land. They are the predecessors to the Long Lake civilizations.
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History of the Land at the Feet of the Great Mountains
The history of the Land at the Feet of the Great Mountains and its inhabitants.
Archaic Era
3000 HE 4041 HE
Includes events related to the first settlements and political entities formed within the Land at the Feet of the Great Mountains, up until the formation of the Harmony.
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3000 HE
3150 HE
Settlement of the Great-Mountains Land by PWM-speaking people
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3100 HE
Moa Hunting starts to become widespread
Cultural eventHunting the giant Moa birds of the region starts to become an important source of food. The Moa would become an important staple food and animal of the Great-Mountains Land.
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3250 HE
3400 HE
PWM splits into East and West
Linguistic EvolutionProto-Wakatipu-Matau splits into East and West dialects, which slowly become mutually unintelligible. The western variant is the ancestor to Kindmountian and the eastern variant is the ancestor to Harmonic.
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3440 HE
3460 HE
Oldest forms of Writing in the region
Linguistic EvolutionThe first evidence of Wakatipu-Matau runes are dated to here.
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3750 HE
3850 HE
Large cities start to form
Cultural eventLarge centralized cities with early legal systems start to appear along the Great River and around the Calm Lake. Trade routes between cities help form a sense of shared identity between them
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3850 HE
3950 HE
Cities unite into large clans/tribes
Cultural eventLarge and small cities alike start forming clans and tribes, thanks in large part due to prominent trading routes which allowed a shared sense of culture and identity to form between settlements. The largest and most powerful clans at the time rested along the Great River, notably including the Clan of the Long Lake, the Clan of the Moa and the Golden Clan.
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3971 HE
Mythical Founding of Kindmount
FoundingThe legendary founding of Kindmount is placed here, but the city was likely formed some decades later.
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3990 HE
4000 HE
Extinction of Deathclaws in the West
ExtinctionThe last Deathclaws are hunted in the West, but remain present to some extent around the Spear, Stick and Cursed rivers.
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4015 HE
Invention of the Dual Year Calendar System
Scientific achievementThe Dual Year Calendar System is created in the Clan of the Long Lake for religious use.
Early Classical Era
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Encompasses events from the formation of the Harmony to the collapse of the Kindmountian empire.
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4042 HE
Founding of the Harmony of the Great River
FoundingThe Harmony of the Great River is formed, comprising the Long Lake Clan, the Golden Clan, the Clan of the Red Warriors, the Clan of the Great Farmers and the Clan of the Great Hunters.
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4043 HE
4045 HE
Moa Clan Integration War
Military: WarThe Moa Clan, having refused to join the Great Harmony, were invaded by the latter. Fighting raged during the two years of passion (28 YP (4043 HE) and 29 YP (4045 HE)) and resulted in the division of the Moa Clan into three distinct clans (East Moa Clan, West Moa Clan, Clan of the Two-Headed Moa) to weaken the nation, as well as their integration into the Great Harmony.
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4044 HE
Clan of the Great Hunters integrated into Clan of the Great Farmers
Political eventAfter rumors and suspicions that some upper class birds of the Clan of the Great Hunters grew out of control, the clan was integrated into the neighboring Clan of the Great Farmers.
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4045 HE
Dual Cities formed
Political eventFearful of being violently integrated into the Harmony for refusing to join it, as had the Clan of the Moa, the cities of Eye Bay City and John's City form the Dual Cities of Eye Bay and John's.
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4079 HE
Dual Year Calendar System adopted by Kindmount
Cultural eventThe Dual Year Calendar System is officially adopted by the Kindmountian government. The calendar has thus been adopted by all important political entities and has become the default calendar of the entire region.
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4086 HE
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P - Fruit-filled Month
Kindmount Civil War
Military: WarSome cities rebel against the Assimilation Policy instituted in 35 YT by the Casteless Council of Kindmount city. This lasted from the Hunted Month to the Fruit-filled Month in 35 YP.
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4200 HE
4274 HE
Massive Kindmountian Expansion
ExpeditionKindmount expands in the North and across the Calm Lake all the way to the edge of Spear River Valley. This expansion ends abruptly at the start of organized Violet Coast raids in the west.
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4244 HE
Eye Bay City becomes dominant within the Dual Cities
Political eventThe dominance within the Dual Cities shifts to Eye Bay City, who is much closer politically to Kindmount.
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4247 HE
Kindmount vassalizes the Dual Cities
Diplomatic actionExploiting the recent change of dominance within the Dual Cities, Kindmount has cemented a protection agreement with the cities.
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4274 HE
4286 HE
Organized Violet Coast raids devastate Kindmountian economy
Military: SkirmishThe new leadership in the north of the Violet Coast empire starts sporadic raids on newly acquired western Kindmountian territory in order to drive the Generous Mountain out of their home. These raids accelerate and intensify during the Kindmountian-Harmonic War, and end in the Violet Coast empire regaining their lost land.
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4275 HE
John's City made Dominant within the Dual Cities
Political eventAfter shipments to the Dual Cities stopped due to the Violet Coast raids, John's City is made dominant by the Choosing Assembly, and sharply turns the nation's foreign politics towards the Harmony.
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4286 HE
Kindmountian-Harmonic War
Military: WarKindmount declares war on the Great Harmony. A difficult and long nearly 3-year conflict ensues, with the Harmony achieving victory in the middle of 135 YP (4288 HE), cementing its influence over the region, securing Spear River Valley for itself, and ending Kindmountian supremacy in the region. The end of this war sets the stage for Harmonic expansion across the Great River, and revolutionizes warfare, transforming battles from largely ceremonial to brutal and bloody.
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4286 HE
4298 HE
Collapse of the Kindmountian empire
Disaster / DestructionThe collapse of the Kindmountian empire renders the Nation of the Generous Mountain a weak rump state, with its former empire picked apart from foreign powers as well as internal conflicts. The collapse of the Kindmountian empire marks the end of the Early Classical Era.
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4292 HE
Modified Dual Year Calendar System proposed and adopted in the east
Scientific achievementThe central government of the Harmony proposes the Modified Dual Year Calendar for immediate adoption to its clans. It is quickly adopted within the Harmony, but western nations hold off.
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