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'''Minnis''' is a trading post in the southeast of the [[Heath of Geran]]. | '''Minnis''' is a trading post in the southeast of the [[Heath of Geran]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The name presumably derives from [[Archaic Aribelian]] ''Minnith'' | The name presumably derives from [[Archaic Aribelian]] ''Minnith'' ‘rocky, mountainous’, referring to the town's position near the [[Black Mountains]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Minnis is one of the five ancient [[Ring Cities of Geran]], beside [[Daernis]], [[Nís]], [[Aeros]], and [[Yamenna]]. Founded by either the [[Geranian people|Geranians]] or the [[Aribelian people|Aribelians]] in the Mid-Bronze Age, it was a major cult site of the [[Kingdom of Aeros|early Aribelian culture]], witnessed by a large complex of temples and stone circles in the nearby '''Forest of Minnis''' and capital of the [[Kingdom of Aeros]] from 1223 B.E.B. until the [[Third War of the Steppes#Sacking of Minnis|Sacking of Minnis]] during the [[Third War of the Steppes]] in 1171. Almost falling into oblivion under [[Kingdom of Yamenna|Yamenaen rule]], it regained its importance after the [[Wertian Conquest of Geran|Wertian conquest]], becoming and important waystation along the road to Yamenna and [[Dermon]]. | Minnis is one of the five ancient [[Ring Cities of Geran]], beside [[Daernis]], [[Nís]], [[Aeros]], and [[Yamenna]]. Founded by either the [[Geranian people|Geranians]] or the [[Aribelian people|Aribelians]] in the Mid-Bronze Age, it was a major cult site of the [[Kingdom of Aeros|early Aribelian culture]], witnessed by a large complex of temples and stone circles in the nearby '''Forest of Minnis''' and capital of the [[Kingdom of Aeros]] from 1223 B.E.B. until the [[Third War of the Steppes#Sacking of Minnis|Sacking of Minnis]] during the [[Third War of the Steppes]] in 1171. Almost falling into oblivion under [[Kingdom of Yamenna|Yamenaen rule]], it regained its importance after the [[Wertian Conquest of Geran|Wertian conquest]], becoming and important waystation along the road to Yamenna and [[Dermon]]. | ||
[[Category:Aeran Cities]][[Category:Geranian Geography]] | |||