History of New Burgundy
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New Burgundy has a long and rich history, which is notable for is similarity to that of ancient American and European civilizations.
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History of the name
New Burgundy is named after the reigon of Burgundy in France, which colonised the country first before it was inherited by France. The French name is Novelle-Bourgogne. It was considered by the English, after they had won it in the Seven Years War, to name it New Cornwall. but this either was dropped or was unable to be implemented due to independce. The Herbidors refered to it as Gashaternag Herbidannsk, literally, Fatherland of the Herbdor People.
The Herbidors
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The first human known habitation in what is now New Burgundy was around 6000BC, with what is referred to as the Mont-Fluenque civilization. This was a characteristic Stone Age civilization; with the primary material for weaponry, construction, and agricultural tools being stone. The earliest known arrow dates from 5500BC. The plow was conceived around 5000BC. From that period there remain multiple megalithic monuments, the most notable at Cardinale-de-la-Beltaine in Lorgaine Province.
By 3000BC bronze had been invented and by 2300BC it had completely replaced stone and flint for everyday uses. It is at this time a recognizable civilization began to take place, and a form of writing was developed. The first known inscription dating from 1850-1823 BC is a stone tablet praising Opom, the ruler of an early state, for his bravery during a period where the “heavens rained fire and ore”. The “storm of fire” is believed to be an eruption of the now extinct Mount Pindare in the Borringue Plateau, which would have occurred during that period.
By 500BC a singular state had formed in the fertile Plains of Saint Laurent. This state, Knare, had originated in the Serend River valley, and expanded outwards. The remains of their capital, the city Endat show the remains of brick buildings, some up to three stories tall, covered in mud plaster. Closed street-side ditches brought water to below-street level public fountains. On a hill overlooking the city would have stood an imposing fortress and palace, measuring one hundred by thirty meters. Records show that one year marked by significant expansion that 8,000 sheep, 2,000 livestock, and 10,000 chickens were collected by the king as tribute and a many farms had to be built to accommodate them all.
The Serend Valley kingdom extended deep into the Epininne Mountains, collecting tribute from local chiefs and rulers. There iron became the primary source of tool material, replacing bronze. Also available in the Epininne Mountains was gold, silver, and limestone, all of which are mined to this day. They traded those goods with other peoples surrounding their realm; which richened the kingdom. Their religion was a forerunner to the later Herbidor faith; a pantheon of lesser deities and idols, and a triad of three main gods, two male, one female.
However by 130AD the Serend Valley kingdom had collapsed, leaving six warring states in its wake. East across the Epininnes another state was developing, one that would become the lasting image of Herbidor civilizations- the Herbidor Confederation.
The Marouge Forest civilization developed in the woods of the forest that lent it its name. Unlike the Serend Valley kingdom, which is sparsely wooded and flat, the Marouge forest is thickly covered, hilly, and damp. Most settlements developed along the coast of the Sea of Moyne. Towns were plenty but small, and had little in way of land outside their walls. Most were centered around a seaside clearing, presumably a market, and fort on the coast. The main sources of food for these peoples were fish and other seafood, as well as naturally growing fruits. Buildings were composed of wooden structures covered sod and mud plaster, and temples were built of stone. By 300BC fruit and vegetables were being grown in farms, and domestication of animals had occurred. There was a desire for the sturdy oak and pine wood in the forest by the Serend Valley kingdom across the Epininnes, and trade occurred. It was exposure to the gold and other precious metals that fueled expansion inland from the coast.
The Marouge Forest civilization at the turn of the millennium used bronze for its tools, in contrast to the iron-welding Serend Valley kingdom to the east. But by the time the Serend Valley kingdom collapsed in the first century, iron had been adopted. The rise of iron led to stronger weapons, and war erupted among the coastal city-states. Alliance systems eventually led to a singular multi-state league, the Union of Parkas. With sheer luck on their side, the Union of Parkas (Farakargk designthey) was able to exploit the power vacuum left by the collapse of the Serend Valley kingdom and by 190AD had conquered the Epininne Mountains. Supplied with iron and funded by precious metals, Parkas stormed down into the Borringue Plateau and the Plains of Saint Laurent.
In 223, Parkas captured the former capital of the Serend Valley kingdom, Endat. This marked a period of slowing for the growth of Union of Parkas. Growth was halted northwards, and most expansion consisted growth toward the coast to the east and south. In 603 the Union was officially dissolved, and became a handful of kingdoms carved out of conquests as well as the expanded original allied states. For the next 350 years these kingdoms would engage in nearly constant conflict with one another, wary and suspicious of each other. In 947 King Hatry e’ Guyanu of the northern frontier kingdom of Diyrak called together the kingdoms of former union as well as interested states on the neighboring island of Careta.
The convened states agreed that the existing state of disunion was harmful, and, as Itoued a’ Muna writes, “That war had damaged their nations… that children grew to be able to what the enemy looked like and how they attacked, rather than what wild plants were good to eat and to play the games of youth. Peace is the basis of the Confederation.” Thus the Herbidor Confederation (Herbedanskyu vecpyu zedesignthey, literally ‘union of the Herbidor peoples’) was formed. The government was to be led by a king appointed for life by an assembly with two representatives of each nation. Each nation was to have a significant degree of autonomy, but it could not have its own standing army, but a militia, and a third of its tax and tribute revenue was to go to the central government.
Among the Herbidor individuals, the one that has achieved the most fame is, surprisingly, not a king or general, but a glorified secretary. Itoued a’ Muna, the 28th Confederation Chronicler, who lived from 1289 to 1352, compiled a history the Herbidor people dating to 2000BC and their semi-mythical prehistory. He was a celebrity in his time, and his works were copied many times by Herbidor scholars.
There is significant evidence of Herbidor trade with the West African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. a’ Muna writes
Colonial Era
Independence
Birth of an Empire
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Interbellum
World War II
Cold War
Modern History
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