Ancient Kansaria

The Ancient Kansarian period (Kansari: *Siahi Kansaira/𐌔𐌉𐌀𐌇𐌉 𐌊𐌀𐌍𐌔𐌀𐌉𐌓𐌀*, Standard Rekovan: *Seana Kansara*, Orientian: *Kansaria antiguo*, Common Dacanian: *Antiquus Kansaria*) is defined as the time period between the first settlement of Kansaria in 86,000 BCE, and the conquest of Kansaria by the growing Augustian Empire between 332 and 327 BCE.

## History

### First settlement

There are two hypotheses for how and when Kansaria was settled. According to the older and mainstream Western migration hypothesis, formulated in the mid-19th century, Kansaria was the first place in Dacanium to be settled, by Ancient Draconian islanders around 40,000-35,000 BCE, using improved rafts to sail easterly summer winds and reach Kansaria, and finally the rest of Dacanium over the span of 10,000 years. The close resemblance of the grammar of the Kansari languages and the Eastern Draconian languages was thought to be evidence for this hypothesis, until Eastern Draconian and Kansari were proposed to be part of two completely different language families in the 1950s, and proven beyond any doubt in a landmark 1987 study. This hypothesis is still supported by many scientists, though their numbers are decreasing as evidence continues to pile up against a single Draconian migration.

According to the more modern Eastern migration hypothesis, formulated in the 1930s, Kansaria was first settled during the Second Ice Age (100,000-44,000 BCE), induced by a second set of conflicts between the Sixteen Gods. In 86,000 BCE, water levels were around 200 m lower than they are today, creating a land bridge where the Lirono Strait now exists. This hypothesis is corroborated by recent genetic studies, showing a remarkable similarity of the Uwikrunu to pre-Maedarian Aymorans, and recently unearthed Aymoran scriptures that pushed back the earliest writing in Southern Dacanium to 3,000 BCE, before the Maedarians arrived.

### Stone Age Kansaria

During the Second Ice Age, Kansaria was even less habitable than now, basically being a massive desert with some savanna in the south, preventing the sort of population boom that Rekov and De Narie saw in the late Paleolithic. In 50,000 BCE, the population of Kansaria is estimated to have been only 30,000. After the end of the Second Ice Age though, Kansaria became much wetter, and populations grew rapidly, to around 500,000 by 25,000 BCE, and 1,500,000 by 14,000 BCE.

#### Paleolithic

The people of Kansaria during the Paleolithic mostly lived around the southern coast, now surrounded by the Dacanian Sea, mostly hunting creatures like red elephants and falconboars, which they hunted to extinction, and later fishing. Gathering was not a major food source, there being little in the way of edible food in a near-desert. The tools found in excavations resemble those found in other Southern Dacanium sites, being simple and relatively unadorned, indicating a relative uniformity in technology.

#### Mesolithic

The Mesolithic saw a second major drying period hit Kansaria around 13,000 BCE, resulting in the expansion of the Enayen Desert and a significant drop in population. Around this time period, the first boats were built in Kansarian territory, and flint and spearheads became more elaborate. The drying period ended around 10,000 BCE.

#### Neolithic

The Neolithic Revolution started in Kansaria around 7,000 BCE, when the first Rekovan savanna grains were successfully cultivated. Significant contact with Rekov was likely also achieved around 7,000 BCE.

#### Bronze Age Kansaria

Until recently, it was believed the Uwikrunu never made use of bronze weapons before the Maedarian invasion, however discoveries in the late 20th century have overturned this belief, with bronze tools and weapons found as early as 2500 BCE. Most of these tools were imported from Rekov and Sayntaga, as Kansaria has few easily accessible copper resources.