History of Azazia

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Prehistoric Azazia

The prehistory of the United Kingdom is comparatively short to that of most nations as the Azazian Archipelago was one of the last major continents to be colonized. And within a span of time just over one thousand years the first Europeans would arrive and introduce writing, weaponry, and other western ideas and modes of thinking to the native islanders.

Marquesan Period (350-1300)

The first peoples to reach the Azazian Archipelago were, by all archaeological evidence, Polynesians from the islands of the Marquesas. Around 3-400 AD they were the first to cross the near two thousand kilometers of ocean between the nearest landmass and the Azazian Archipelago. Field research indicates that the first settlements were along the New Australian coast near the modern site of Carthage.

This first culture spread quickly along the coast, moving eastwards until by near 800 AD when the first Polynesian settlement can be found on the island of New Britain along the mouth of the New Thames River. These settlements developed into a series of subsistence communities that made use of the islands’ natural abundance of sweet fruits as well as the spread of imported taro, bananas, and breadfruit.

Tongan Period (1300-1572)

By 1300 AD, however, Polynesians from Tonga sailed northward and landed near the site of modern day Caliz. The Tongans brought with their settlers, their crops, their tools, and their technology one other key idea that would prove most unfortunate for the Polynesians to their east: the concept of a centralized government and its resulting stratified society.

As a result of the specialized economies and high food production from intensified farming, the Tongan population grew rapidly and forced itself to the east, instead of the west which was marginally cooler and offered an environment less successful for the plants already a staple of their diet. The shift eastwards brought the evolving new state into direct conflict with the Marquesans, who had been content with a subsistence lifestyle, not exploiting the potential of superior crop growth for superior population growth.

By 1500 a strong feudal state had grown to encompass the western regions of New Australia as well as the island of Arista with the focus falling upon the city of Atiga, located upon the Caliz Strait between modern day Caliz and Etar. Under a series of successive kings the new state formed an efficient trading empire built upon the speed of canoes and sailing ships that connected relatively quickly with the distant settlements of the state. All would begin to change, however, after only two centuries of domination over the southern territories of the archipelago.