Ancotania

Southwestern Ancotania

Ancotanian regions during the Dello-Tonan period.

**Ancotania** is a geographic region located in southern Euteria. It borders the Hyborean Peninsula and the Torosyan Bay to the northwest, the Heremitrian Highlands and Tripotamia to the northeast, [insert name] Bay to the east, Numeria to the south, and the Sargonian Sea to the west.

Ancotania was originally settled by the Ancotanians, who gave it their name. Following several wars, the Ancotanians fractured into several smaller ethnic groups. At the same time the Sargonians arrived from the sea, colonizing part of the west coast. The Euterian Expansion saw the decline of Ancotanian dominance, with several South Orillian groups migrating into the region.

It has historically been inhabited by the Sargonians, Serephanians, Ancient Delliks, Myrians, Parsians, and others.

## New History

The Serephanian civilization, located on the west coast of Ancotania, was one of the first societies to utilize farming and animal husbandry. This civilization spread out into other parts of Ancotania, Euteria (via Orillia), and Khozaria. In Ancotania, three Serephanian political entities remained: the **Kingdom of Entana**, the **Kingdom of Gudea**, and the Orionese civilization.

Over 1,000 years later, several groups had evolved from the Serephanian settlers in Khozaria. The **Northwest** branch of the Khozarians was one of the first to begin migrating south into Heremitria and northern Ancotania. The **Kitsu people** settled along the southeastern shores of the Atanyan Gulf, the **Metztecs** to the east, and the Hebashe people went further south to Calcaria and coastal Tripotamia.

Shortly after the arrival of the Northwest Khozarians, the **Northeast** branch expanded their territory south into parts of Heremitria and Tripotamia. These people were known as **Hassuro-Ukkurians**. They later split into **Hassurian** and **Ukkurian** groups.

Around 2,000 BCE the Ancotanians migrated out of the Euterian Urheimat in northern Khozaria. The West Ancotanians (Adarians and Papho-Calacoppians) and Lyricans (an East Ancotanian group) migrated first.

### New

The first groups were of Serephanian (Meztecs, Hassurians, Ukkurians) and Nymunic (Sargonians, Mephistonians) origin. Nymunic-speakers populated southern Ancotania and the Sargonian coast while the Serephanian-speakers dominated the north.

Ancotanians arrived and fractured into several groups (Hamittians, Adarians, Luwanic-speakers, and the Pallanians). Various polities began emerging shortly after. By the 16th century BCE the Hamittians absorbed the Meztecs and established a kingdom in northeast Ancotania. Invasions by a Khozarian people related to the Hurro-Ukkurians drove the Pallanians south into Hamittian territory.

### Old

The earliest indigenous populations of Ancotania were the Meztecs, Hassurians, Sargonians, and Mephistonians. The Meztecs lived in the north, stretching as far as Khozaria. The Hassurians belonged to the Hurro-Ukkurian family and expanded westward from the Salaban Sea. The Sargonians originated on the island of Sargon and colonized the surrounding sea, dominating Ancotania's west coast. The Mephistonians established a powerful empire centered on the Tabuk River and founded colonies throughout southern Ancotania.

The Euterian expansions brought the Ancotanians and Delliks into the region. Numerous distinct groups developed over several centuries but the area was dominated was two: the Luwans and the Hamittians. The Luwans were not a unified group but a collection of culturally related ethnic groups. By 1500 BCE most of Ancotania was divided between the states of Alawania and Hamittia. The Hamittians emerged victoriously and absorbed Alawania, dividing the former kingdom into three provinces: Hada, Elenia, and Nana. Meanwhile, the ancient Delliks began colonizing and Dellenizing the west coast of Ancotania starting in 2000 BCE.

The Hamittian Empire collapsed into several Neo-Hamittian city-states concentrated in the east. In the west, the Luwan region coalesced into a number of states such as Elenia, Nysacia, and Myron. Elenia ultimately emerged as a powerful Luwan-speaking successor state. The power vacuum created by the destruction of Hamittia allowed the Pyrgeans, and Orillian group, to establish a mighty kingdom for themselves in central Ancotania.

## History

### **Pre-Antiquity**

The region was first inhabited by Zoranic peoples who migrated from Numeria; the Serephanians in the west and the Ancotanians in the east. The northern branch of the Serephanians would continue to settle the Hyborean Peninsula and cross into Orillia. The southern branch was later absorbed by the Ancotanians when they gradually migrated west towards the Sargonian Sea.

The Proto-Numerians began to settle the islands in the Sargonian Sea. This resulted in a cultural split into the Numerians and the Sargons. The Sargons went on to colonize the islands in the Sargonian Sea, along with the western coast of Ancotania.

### **Antiquity**

In Ancient times, Ancotania was primarily inhabited by three groups of people. In the east and north, the Ancotanians dominated. The west coast was colonized by the Sargonians, who founded the kingdom of Sargina.

## Geography

### **Pre-History**

In pre-antiquity, two regions were a part of the area that became Ancotania. In the north was **Urd**, which was home to the **Urudu people**. The south was known as **Etana**; inhabited by the **Etanites**. They belonged to a group of people related to the **Ishtars**, **Numerians**, **Sargonians**, and **Serephanians**. Unlike the others, the Etanians were not as technologically advanced. Later the **Ancotanians**, a branch of the **Euterian people**, left the Euterian homeland in **Khozaria** and migrated to the south. They arrived in the region and absorbed the Etanians and the Urudu, and the area where they lived became known as Ancotania.

### **Antiquity**

In Antiquity, the **Hamittians** became the dominant Ancotanian group in the region. Their state expanded into what was known as **Great Hamittia**.

After the turmoil, a new set of kingdoms and states emerged. They were **Haldita**, **Nysacia**, **Byrgos**, **Mylitta**, **Asuwan**, **Hamitti**, **Tauralia**, **Luwa**, **Nicodosia**, and **Myron**.

After the **Ancotanian Civil Wars**, the former unified state was divided into smaller states constantly at war. Following the **Destruction of Sargon**, some of the Sargonians sought refuge on the Serephanian coast of Ancotania, founding the state of **Myron**. The native Ancotanians to the north became influenced by the Sargonians culture, and so the state of **Nysacia** was born, which stretched to the Torosyan Bay at the time.

## Regions

Classical Ancotania was divided between numerous regions: Coria, Lyras, Myria, Paphoria, Aigyras, Ithopia, Donis, Adaria, Pyrgonia, Galania, Calcaria, Chalcagona, Lynaria, Saria, Calacoppia, and Mycia.

### **Coria**

Coria is the northernmost region of Ancotania, located on the Corian Peninsula (also known as Hyborea). It borders the Hyborean Straits (the Apollonios and Halimedes) and the Sea of Ion to the north, the Sargonian Sea to the east, the Azal Sea to the west, and Lyras to the south. In prehistoric times Coria acted as a bridge for the Serephanians to migrate into Euteria. Coria is mostly mountainous, with the Hyborean Mountain Range acting as a spine in the middle of the peninsula extending north-to-south. The largest city of ancient Coria was Orion, founded on the eastern shores of the Apollonios.

### **Lyras**

Lyras is a region located in the southern Corian peninsula. It borders the Azal Sea to the north, Myria to the southeast, Aigyras to the south, the Sargonian Sea to the southwest, and Coria to the west. Lyras is a mountainous region home to several rivers including the Argyra, Himesos, Stenyn, Cythox, and Phaloton. Additionally, the region contains two prominent lakes—Lake Empyn and Lake Pinorus—which helped facilitate trade between the Azal and Sargonian seas. Historically, the most important area of Lyras was the Tread, a densely-populated peninsula in the southwest that separated the Bay of Lyra from the Sargonian.

### **Myria**

Myria was located in northwest Ancotania. The region was situated mostly in the vast Myrain Plains, although it did control some territory on the southern Corian peninsula. Myria bordered Lyras to the northwest, the Azal Sea to the north, Paphoria to the northeast, Pyrgonia to the east, Adaria to the south, and Aigyras to the west. Most of Myria's population was concentrated in the mountainous north, however, the city of Lapyrna in the plains was an important settlement that allowed goods from the Azal Sea to be traded through Ancotania's vast river networks. The chief port of Myria was Asacus in the north, which serviced the region's capital, Tanis, located at the border between the mountains and the plains.

### **Paphoria**

Paphoria was a coastal region of northeast Ancotania.