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Krataerbech

Flag of Krataerbech
Motto: All Hail King and Council!
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Region	The North Atlantic
Capital	Gibergsgesetz
Official Language(s)	German, English (official)
Leader	Fredrich I of Wacholderbusch
Population	340 million
Currency	Mint
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History

B.C.

100,000 B.C.

Around this time, a large meteor struck the middle of the landmass that existed between Brandboden and the rest of Krataerbech. The impact was so strong that it decimated the landmass, and created a giagantic crater. The crater eventually filled with water, and became the bay as it is today. Somewhat later, smaller meteors struck around Krataerbech, including where the water had filled in . They created large tidal waves, and washed away the rims typical on craters its size.

90,000 B.C.

The Volcano, Stern Berg begins to form at the point of impact from the meteor. The meteor is beleived to have opened an existing lava vent, or possibly even cracking or weakening the crust at that point.

20,000 B.C.

By this time period, humans are thought to have migrated to Krataerbech in boats from parts unknown. The earliest found settlements and remains were found in Brandboden. Also, the volcano Stern Berg began to rise above sea level around this era.

4,000 B.C.

This is the time that the people of Krataerbech reached the Neolithic era. They began farming and raising domesticated sheep and goats. Also, the people of Krataerbech migrated to the mainland area for the first time. Stern Berg stopped growing and became extinct.

2,000 B.C.

The Bronze age began in Krataerbech at this time. Groups of people in Brandboden began to build highly advanced ships, and the people in the area that would become Eissee began to make the first beer.

A.D.

700 B.C.

The Iron Age was in full swing by 700 B.C. The people of Brandboden began to build very advanced fortified structures for the time period, as warring peoples of the island fought over grazing land for the domesticated aurbochs and sheep. On the mainland, the communities of the area began to write, and highly structured strongholds were common.

200 B.C.

Highly advanced civilizations had begon to form at this time. The warring tribes of Brandboden had evolved into large city-states, each controlling a vast amount of land and a formidible army. The strongholds of the mainland had begun to absorb each other, until only Frosttraume, Hopfenland, Zederstrecke, and Schneezucker remained. Wars between them were uncommon unlike in Brandboden, and trade flourished. By 100 B.C., Brandboden too had became one civilization, although not until after a bloody set of wars.

312 A.D.

During the spring of this year, a group of Germanic merchants of Cologne had blown off course and made landfall on the coast of Hopfenland. In exchange for food and shelter, they had brought the culture, language, and Christianity to Krataerbech. There coming was a profound point in history for the area.

600 A.D.

Hopfenland begins regular trading and correspondence with not only Cologne, but also the Kingdom of England, and the Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway.

712 A.D.

Rising tensions between Hopfenland and Frosttraume caused by state sanctioned raiding parties culmenates into an all out war between the two kingdoms. The war eventually ends with Frosttraume gaining the port of Wacholderbusch and access to the Nachtflub.

834 A.D.

Frosttraume begins building the Bierkanal to connect the Nachtflub and Wacholderbusch as a way to transport the cities production of gin to the rest of Krataerbech.

1000 A.D.

The city of Schlobstadt celebrates Jesus Christ's 1000th birthday with a massive Christmas Day celebration, including the unvieling of the massive Schobstadt Cathedral. The building, made entirely of marble, still stands today.

1351

Merchants from Europe had brought The Black Death during this year. Although there was an utter lack of rats and other rodents on the island, The Black Death still spread. The outbreak in Krataerbech, as well as Iceland, has lead historians to believe at least one of the outbreaks was not caused by the bubonic plauge or spread by rats. Many powerful and influential families moved to the then uninhabited island of Stern Berg to avoid the disease.

1397

The rapidly expanding Kingdom of Gebirgsgesetz on the island of Stern Berg began warring on neighboring kingdoms at this time. With the other kingdoms still weak from The Black Death, Gebirgsgesetz decimated the others military. By the begining of the 15th century, Gebirgsgesetz fully controlled Krataerbech.

1405

The first king of Krataerbech, Leopold II of Gesetz, rebuked the absolute monarchy of his rule, in favor of the first representative democracy since Ancient Rome.