Merat

Founded as a trading post on the Tekhra, the city of Merat grew to become a great city as the capital of the Khatri Eshai, until the capital was moved to Shehakartal in the 800 SR.  The western terminus of the Mekhar Canal, connecting the Tekhra to the Eskana, it was levelled in the Merat Earthquake, one of a series of natural disasters that wracked Tin Tan Tar in this period.
Rebuilt by 920 SR, Merat is the home of a great university, contending with the university at Tin Tan Tar for intellectual achievement and artistic renown.
Category:Cities