The Haerian civilisation

The Haerian civilisation is the earliest known civilisation of humans that settled away from the hunter-gatherer life in the year 0c.e. Living along the valley of the Ilksu river he settlers made use of the abundant fishing but realised that its fertile flood banks were much more useful and allowed the flourishing of farming.

## The Haerian civilisation

0 - 2145c.e
 2394 - 3021c.e

### Known Settlements

Haeru
Jasrai
Karzis
Musifi

## Eras

Early
Late Early
First Conquest
Re-emergance
Last

## History

### The First Three

Three large settlements emerged along the Ilksu River as hunter-gatherers in the area began to take advantage of the fishing on the river and quickly learned that the river's flood plains were fertile and allowed them to accelerate their voyage into farming. Haeru lay 550km from the coast up the Ilksu river on the beyaz wale plains, Jasrai lay further north, about 630km from the coast up the Ilksu river on the cooler plains of Serin, and finally the settlement of Karzis lay further north still 655km from the coast on the plains of Serin.

### The First War of Man

With success comes greed and with greed comes jealousy and desire. Inevitably these "qualities" led to war as each nation-state tried to gain more resources through raid, conquest and theft.

### The Aftermath of the War

Only four nation-states remain

Musifi, a settlement that once saw itself as one of the most important parts of the Haerian civilisation that was involved heavily in trade especially to the southern Sanssum civilisation and the western Haerian civilisation, saw itself as an independent nation after the war. It had gained significant victories during the war and now was able to stand on its own. What was Musifi like, and how did it continue to be

### The Remerging of Musifi

Musifi had split of from the Haeru civilisation after the trade wars between the cities, known as The First War of Man, yet the emerging culture had not drifted too far away from the Haerians. After the Musifian conquest, and several Musifian kings had ruled, the cultures remerged through marriage and cultural mix leaving a civilisation that was new but not dramatically different culturally than either the Musifian and Haerian civilisation.

### The New Haerian Civilisation

During Musifian rule the population shifted drastically towards the south of the region, due to the flourishing of wealth rushing into Musifi as the capital. However, Mushma II declared upon the death of his father that he would rule once again from Haeri as "the gods had willed at the beginning of civilisation". The reasoning by Mushma also coincided with a number of natural disasters off the coast of Musifi that had seen the surrounding area of Musifi polluted with salt and poor irrigation.

This marked a shift in the political structure of Haeri. Mushma had been educated in Haeri and spoke the increasingly popular language of the north, which had diverted away from the tongue of the south or pre-conquest civilisation, due to the increasing influence of the settlement of Asaloni, which saw many influxes of tribes from further north. Hence forth the Haerian rule remained only historical and the new Haerian Civilisation was ruled by a new dynasty and reinforced by a new neo-northern culture.

Mushma and his decendents occasionally assumed the title "King of Haeri and Musifi", signifying this shift in the way that they thought about their civilisation and its step into a new era. ~~Inspired by Babylonia~~

### Conquest of Liffitie Tribes

The Liffitie were a people that migrated across the northern side of the X mountains and settled in the north South East region around the year 2200. Many assimilated with the Fastari, yet others travelled further south to settle and came into conflict with the Haerian civilisation, who wiped out the tribes and conquered their land.

### Conquest of Awmalsha

West of the land conquered from the Liffitie tribe was inhabited another group of tribes known as the Awmalsha, and due to fear of the growing Fastari

Create buffer zone

### War with the Fastari

The Haerian civilisation came into conflict with the Fastari civilisation due to both rapidly expanding their borders.

### Conquest of Unkeri

Unkeri was a confederation of tribal principalities in the Arrahin Highlands that had suffered heavily from Xian raids and the campaigns of Sargon II of Jasrai. Unkeri was briefly resorted by the new dynasty created by King Rusa but was invaded by the Haerians after Sargon III of Jasrai, Sargon II's son, pleaded with the other cities to help keep their northern border safe.

Surviving literature such as the Tablet of Gypinak, suggest that the conquest of Unkeri was merely a practical decision to create a border between the less civilised north and the glory of the Haerian civilisation.

## Settlements

### Musifi

The Southern most coastal settlement of Musifi grew into its own civilisation that branched off of the Haerian civilisation around the year 1600 after trade wars between the various settlements.