Kezzaran Canal

The Kezzaran Canal is a 50 foot wide waterway connecting the city of Zender in the Kaspari Empire with the Bezana River to the north. The canal, which runs for 290 miles along and through the seasonal marshes known as the Kezzaran, was constructed by the city of Zender in an attempt to redirect trade routes through their city. Prior to the canal's construction, most trade from the Kaspari Empire to Tashakda utilized the Dawn Road, a pass leading east from Jaidazarri. Barge traffic could not reach Zender, as the river system dries up south of Motep and becomes a boggy marshland. Knowing that it lay at the base of numerous easy passes over the Hulman and Pogardi Mountains, the Sultanate of Zender had the canal constructed in 1490. Ever since, barges have bypassed Jaidazarri to follow the canal and use the passes south and east of Zender. 
The construction of the Kezzaran Canal has been an obvious boon to Zender, while Jaidazarri has suffered. In response, the Sultanate of Jaida has begun charging stiff taxes on barge traffic headed toward the canal through the town of Maan. Additionally, the Jaida government has contracted with native tribes of the Hulman Mountains to launch occasional terrorist attacks on barge traffic on the canal.
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