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What is now Espandorra has a long and complex history. Until the 19th century, it was never and unified and independent political body but a collection of disparate and often warring kingdoms. Before the foundation of Espandorra, the area was generally known as Colchthia. A majority of the population converted to [[Christianity]] in the fourth century although some of the tiny kingdoms and city-states held to other faiths. In the ninth century, most of the country was conquered by the Khazar Khaganate and [[Judaism]] became a serious presence in the country for the first time. In the tenth century, the Khaganate fell and most of the area returned to the power of local kings. In the eleventh century, most of the area's Christians adhered to the [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] position in the great schism. It was at this time that most of the area fell under the control of Georgia. There was another brief period of local rule with the collapse of Georgia in the fifteenth century but this was followed by a Persian invasion in the early sixteenth century. The Persians ruled most of the country until 1846 when an embattled [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] king, [[Akakide Abamelek|Akakide]], made a deal with [[Prince|Infante]] [[Fabio de Borbón|Fabio]] which involved transplating a great number of [[Carlist]] settlers onto the largely unsettled and unclaimed plains which constituted most of the country, the help of these same forces against the Persians and the formation of a Christian kingdom with Fabio and Akakide's daughter [[Iya Abamelek|Iya]] as coregents with any offspring slated to inherit the throne according to semi-Salic succession. | What is now Espandorra has a long and complex history. Until the 19th century, it was never and unified and independent political body but a collection of disparate and often warring kingdoms. Before the foundation of Espandorra, the area was generally known as Colchthia. A majority of the population converted to [[Christianity]] in the fourth century although some of the tiny kingdoms and city-states held to other faiths. In the ninth century, most of the country was conquered by the Khazar Khaganate and [[Judaism]] became a serious presence in the country for the first time. In the tenth century, the Khaganate fell and most of the area returned to the power of local kings. In the eleventh century, most of the area's Christians adhered to the [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] position in the great schism. It was at this time that most of the area fell under the control of Georgia. There was another brief period of local rule with the collapse of Georgia in the fifteenth century but this was followed by a Persian invasion in the early sixteenth century. The Persians ruled most of the country until 1846 when an embattled [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] king, [[Akakide Abamelek|Akakide]], made a deal with [[Prince|Infante]] [[Fabio de Borbón|Fabio]] which involved transplating a great number of [[Carlist]] settlers onto the largely unsettled and unclaimed plains which constituted most of the country, the help of these same forces against the Persians and the formation of a Christian kingdom with Fabio and Akakide's daughter [[Iya Abamelek|Iya]] as coregents with any offspring slated to inherit the throne according to semi-Salic succession. | ||
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Very little is known about the earliest inhabitants of what is now Espandorra although it is known that the land was very sparsely inhabited for all of its pre-history as well as most of its recorded history. The first inhabitants were nomadic people who kept sheep, hoats and cattle. The area was marked by frequent conflicts between different tribal groups. There is no evidence that they shared any common group identity and what artifacts have been found dating from this period show a wide diversity of styles as well as styles from neighboring societies. Because of their nomadic lifestyle, tribes did not make territorial claims although they did fight over the right to short-term land use as well as over livestock and water. Despite the lack of a common ethno-culutral identity and the fact that later groups have almost completely absorbed, the first inhabitants are generally referred to as the Colchthians. It is generally believed that, genetically, Espandorrans of all major ethno-cultural groups are largely descended from the Colchthians despite their cultural identification with various later groups. | Very little is known about the earliest inhabitants of what is now Espandorra although it is known that the land was very sparsely inhabited for all of its pre-history as well as most of its recorded history. The first inhabitants were nomadic people who kept sheep, hoats and cattle. The area was marked by frequent conflicts between different tribal groups. There is no evidence that they shared any common group identity and what artifacts have been found dating from this period show a wide diversity of styles as well as styles from neighboring societies. Because of their nomadic lifestyle, tribes did not make territorial claims although they did fight over the right to short-term land use as well as over livestock and water. Despite the lack of a common ethno-culutral identity and the fact that later groups have almost completely absorbed, the first inhabitants are generally referred to as the Colchthians. It is generally believed that, genetically, Espandorrans of all major ethno-cultural groups are largely descended from the Colchthians despite their cultural identification with various later groups. |
Revision as of 00:37, 2 October 2007
Kingdom of Espandorra | |
Motto: Plus Ultra | |
Anthem: Marcha Real | |
Capital | Hadriana |
Languages | Dzidhi, Georgian, Spanish, Uzbek |
Government King President |
Democratic Confederation Abel XIII Jaime Badillo Acarons |
Establishment | 30 September 1846 |
Population | 5,912,000 |
Currency | peseta |
The Kingdom of Espandorra is a nation located on the western fringe of Central Asia. It claims only a small pocket of land on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea to connect it with the rest of Central Asia. The bulk of Espandorran territory stretches between the Caspian and Black Seas. It is the fourth largest country in the region and, in many ways, the most western.
Espandorra is a semi-constitutional monarchy organized along parliamentary lines. Constitutionally, it is a unitary state but the government devolves limited power to provincial governments, some more than others. It is an unevenly developed country with industrial development concentrated in a few provinces.
History
What is now Espandorra has a long and complex history. Until the 19th century, it was never and unified and independent political body but a collection of disparate and often warring kingdoms. Before the foundation of Espandorra, the area was generally known as Colchthia. A majority of the population converted to Christianity in the fourth century although some of the tiny kingdoms and city-states held to other faiths. In the ninth century, most of the country was conquered by the Khazar Khaganate and Judaism became a serious presence in the country for the first time. In the tenth century, the Khaganate fell and most of the area returned to the power of local kings. In the eleventh century, most of the area's Christians adhered to the Orthodox position in the great schism. It was at this time that most of the area fell under the control of Georgia. There was another brief period of local rule with the collapse of Georgia in the fifteenth century but this was followed by a Persian invasion in the early sixteenth century. The Persians ruled most of the country until 1846 when an embattled Catholic king, Akakide, made a deal with Infante Fabio which involved transplating a great number of Carlist settlers onto the largely unsettled and unclaimed plains which constituted most of the country, the help of these same forces against the Persians and the formation of a Christian kingdom with Fabio and Akakide's daughter Iya as coregents with any offspring slated to inherit the throne according to semi-Salic succession.
Pre-Christian history
Very little is known about the earliest inhabitants of what is now Espandorra although it is known that the land was very sparsely inhabited for all of its pre-history as well as most of its recorded history. The first inhabitants were nomadic people who kept sheep, hoats and cattle. The area was marked by frequent conflicts between different tribal groups. There is no evidence that they shared any common group identity and what artifacts have been found dating from this period show a wide diversity of styles as well as styles from neighboring societies. Because of their nomadic lifestyle, tribes did not make territorial claims although they did fight over the right to short-term land use as well as over livestock and water. Despite the lack of a common ethno-culutral identity and the fact that later groups have almost completely absorbed, the first inhabitants are generally referred to as the Colchthians. It is generally believed that, genetically, Espandorrans of all major ethno-cultural groups are largely descended from the Colchthians despite their cultural identification with various later groups.