Tian Xia has been in existence as a continuous entity for approximately the last 1000 years. It’s gone through 7 dynasties, with the usual route of change being a noble revolting against the current emperor (Huang Di), and succeeding, demonstrating that the previous dynasty had lost the “Mandate of Heaven”. One of the dynasties was a short lived one that resulted from a successful invasion by a barbarian tribe. Another was a result of usurpation by the Grand Vizier. This was the rise of the citizen class, which would eventually end up receiving its own house in the legislature.
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| - Tian Xia has been in existence as a continuous entity for approximately the last 1000 years. It’s gone through 7 dynasties, with the usual route of change being a noble revolting against the current emperor (Huang Di), and succeeding, demonstrating that the previous dynasty had lost the “Mandate of Heaven”. One of the dynasties was a short lived one that resulted from a successful invasion by a barbarian tribe. Another was a result of usurpation by the Grand Vizier. This was the rise of the citizen class, which would eventually end up receiving its own house in the legislature.
- Tian Xia (pronounced TEE-yawn-shaw) is the continent geographically furthest from Avistan, lying across the ocean that borders the eastern shore of exotic Casmaron. The easiest way to get to Tian Xia from Avistan is by crossing the icy Crown of the World. As a result of its distance from the Inner Sea, not much is known of this mysterious continent. It has acted as a cradle of civilization for nearly seven thousand years and in that time has boasted three continent-spanning empires, the most recent of which, Lung Wa, ruled up until a century ago. Now mainland Tian Xia has many different sovereign nations, many of which have experienced a cultural renaissance since the fall of the last great empire.
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- Ascension of the first Emperor
- Traditional first dynasty
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| - Tian Xia has been in existence as a continuous entity for approximately the last 1000 years. It’s gone through 7 dynasties, with the usual route of change being a noble revolting against the current emperor (Huang Di), and succeeding, demonstrating that the previous dynasty had lost the “Mandate of Heaven”. One of the dynasties was a short lived one that resulted from a successful invasion by a barbarian tribe. Another was a result of usurpation by the Grand Vizier. In recent history, Tian Xia went into an isolationist phase as a result of a series of wars with its neighbors in the early 1600s. In the early 1700s, Tian Xia was involved in another series of wars with its neighbors and became imperialist, eventually conquering most of them. It then expanded overseas, conquering several overseas possessions. In 1815, a rogue duke attacked Cascadia, in a bid to gain more power. This failed spectacularly, with most of his force ending up dead on the field of battle. Apparently the duke believed it was better to beg forgiveness than to ask for permission. Such a strategy only works when you succeed. As a result of this failure, the nobility was stripped of their monopoly on command of military units. This was the rise of the citizen class, which would eventually end up receiving its own house in the legislature.
- Tian Xia (pronounced TEE-yawn-shaw) is the continent geographically furthest from Avistan, lying across the ocean that borders the eastern shore of exotic Casmaron. The easiest way to get to Tian Xia from Avistan is by crossing the icy Crown of the World. As a result of its distance from the Inner Sea, not much is known of this mysterious continent. It has acted as a cradle of civilization for nearly seven thousand years and in that time has boasted three continent-spanning empires, the most recent of which, Lung Wa, ruled up until a century ago. Now mainland Tian Xia has many different sovereign nations, many of which have experienced a cultural renaissance since the fall of the last great empire. The mainland of Tian Xia covers about as much of Golarion's surface as Avistan does. Unlike Avistan, however, Tian Xia is surrounded by many islands which means it actuality covers nearly twice the area of Avistan. The Qiang Tan (or Wall of Heaven) Mountains cut off the hilly steppes of the northern region of Tian Xia from the rest of the continent. This region is home of the semi nomadic Tian-La people. South of these mountains the lowlands region is flatter and more fertile. It was this region that was home to the Lung Wa empire and has since been divided into sixteen successor states. Many of the islands of the continent are part of the empire of Minkai, a land slipping toward civil war thanks to the holding of the emperor by the Higashiyama clan.
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