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| - The History of Solentia is something convoluted and confusing. Such is the nature of Solentia in the current day that its radical masters have distorted its history and erased much of the certainty about past events for their own political purposes. It is one of the few nations where knowledge about historical events has become less certain as time goes on. Nonetheless, a great deal of information has been preserve outside of the nation well before the coming the many totalitarian regimes. Most of the early historical sources is available from the ancient libraries of Dorvik and Rildanor. The issues concerning the legitimization of primary sources is a major topic of its own, known as Solentian Ortho-Citation. However, we can begin with the very earliest history in 50,000 BCE. The following is an overview of the major topics: The History of Solentia is generally broken down into 6-7 "eras" and many more "periods." For an overview, the following are six eras: 1.
* The Prehistoric Era: the Kal'Nai culture lived in Solentia from 50,000 to 20,000 BCE, after that being killed off by an ice-age. 2.
* The Archaic Era: 6,000-1500 BCE 3. 1.
* In 6,000, a new Proto-Agricultural civilization arose; they were a race of literate semi-nomadic shepherds with a loose political organization. 4. 2.
* But in 3500, a greater agricultural revolution occurred and Feudal societies rose during the Early Agricultural Period. 5.
* The Early Classical Era: 1500-510 BCE 6. 1.
* The Maenomian period of city-states arose, the land filled with self-contained polities ruled by often enlightened Kings. 7. 2.
* There was a period of war and political transformation that ended only in 953 BCE. It saw the rise of the Republics and the fall of the city-states. 8. 3.
* The First Republic was founded after this chaotic period. It was essentially rule by the oligarchs, and it lasted until 510, when, after civil conflict, an ambitious general took absolute power. 9. 4.
* With the loss of the Republic, First Empire emerged. It would evolve through several stages over the next 700 years, eventually ending with the domination of the Western Theocrats who represented the Kailist religion. 10. 5.
* The Theocracy lasted from 256 to 840, and it was essentially a degradation to decentralization and Feudalism. The barbarians mixed into the border regions and slowly infiltrated to the heartlands, but it was mostly political change that characterized the era. Suddenly, in 800, a massive barbarian horde from the West slammed into the weakened lands that used to be a unified Solentia. By 840, the transformation was complete: a new culture and society had taken root forever. 11.
* The Post Classical Era: 840-1550 12. 1.
* Until 1100, A united State existed ruled by the barbarian Emperor. 13. 2.
* However, it split into 5 independent kingdoms under the The Pentarchy. 14. 3.
* Around 1500, the 5 kingdoms were reunited by Aldrinost III. 15.
* The Early Modern Era: 1550-2000 16. 1.
* But soon there was a rebellion of the nobility and a constitutional monarchy was established that would protect the needs of the aristocrats. 17. 2.
* The Monarchy soon failed and a Second Republic was founded after a civil war. Brutal and radical, the "republican values" were instead replaced by the rule of a popular tyrant. 18. 3.
* And after not too long, a stable Third Republic was founded in a bloodless revolution. 19. 4.
* But in 1930, a terrible economic depression hit Solentia that ended the stability. In the struggle for a solution, the Fascists beat the Communists and established a brutal regime that lasted until its dissolution and the restoration of the Republic in 2000. 20.
* The Modern Era: 2000-2344 21. 1.
* This Fourth Republic was stable for most of its existence, despite some questionably democratic regimes in the 22nd century. But by 2280, a new totalitarian movement that called for stability and power took the reigns of the State. 22. 2.
* And so the The Vanioka-Nuncirist Empire was founded that preached totalitarian, hyper-nationalist values. But it soon weakened around 2320 and gave way to a mix of liberalism, disunified totalitarians, and general instability and chaos. 23.
* The Archonic Era: 2340- This chaotic period lasted until 2340, when the totalitarians united and set off a new united era. So far, no new parties have been founded and the Archonic movement has a solid hold on the nation.
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