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A hundred years later, the kingdoms expands north, establishing a colony in the Oshale, a territory formerly belonging to the Kalparians. The colonists are mostly of one descent, offspring of the once great Aribelian nation which had become vassals to the Yamenaens after their defeat in the Third War of the Steppes. The Treaty of the Kalpa of 944 B.E.B. grants them partial autonomy, but they are still nominally dependent of Yamenna. | A hundred years later, the kingdoms expands north, establishing a colony in the Oshale, a territory formerly belonging to the Kalparians. The colonists are mostly of one descent, offspring of the once great Aribelian nation which had become vassals to the Yamenaens after their defeat in the Third War of the Steppes. The Treaty of the Kalpa of 944 B.E.B. grants them partial autonomy, but they are still nominally dependent of Yamenna. | ||
The kingdom reaches its high point in the mid- | The kingdom reaches its high point in the mid-9th century B.E.B., in a time when both Geran and Belkondíl experience a long-lasting peace before unknown to either region. Yamenna's rule in this age stretches from the Ilathw River northward, encompassing all of the Hajalad except for Antarea and Ialta at its northernmost tip, the Ilathw Arnym, and the Geranian Heath, and extending further north into Aribel and east to include the western part of the Mountains of Dermon and the northern half of the Black Mountains. | ||
===The Decline and Fall of Yamenna=== | ===The Decline and Fall of Yamenna=== | ||
The decline of Yamenna begins in the following century. The Aribelians of the Oshale have long been pressing northward in their need for more lands, driving the Celsondach further and further northwest. Around 750 B.E.B., the Celdic eastward migration has come to a halt in and afoot the Mountains of Hûr, faced by fierce resistance from the steppe-dwelling Volsians. Now lodged in between two nations, the sea in the north, and the swamps and forests of Aribel in the west, the Aribelians begin to stir, striving for greater autonomy. At the same time, Yamenna is tied up with a renewed Olgish threat on its Ilathw border, as sprouting sentiments of Olgish unity incite the Wertians on both sides of the river. The heartland of the kingdom is wide and infertile, and the tightly organized state required the resources from its provinces more than ever. When the flow of taxes from the Oshale abruptly stops in 724, Yamenna has little choice but to give in to Aribelian demands, and grants the region full sovereignty as a sub-kingdom of Yamenna the following year. | The decline of Yamenna begins in the following century. The Aribelians of the Oshale have long been pressing northward in their need for more lands, driving the Celsondach further and further northwest. Around 750 B.E.B., the Celdic eastward migration has come to a halt in and afoot the Mountains of Hûr, faced by fierce resistance from the steppe-dwelling Volsians. Now lodged in between two nations, the sea in the north, and the swamps and forests of Aribel in the west, the Aribelians begin to stir, striving for greater autonomy. At the same time, Yamenna is tied up with a renewed Olgish threat on its Ilathw border, as sprouting sentiments of Olgish unity incite the Wertians on both sides of the river. The heartland of the kingdom is wide and infertile, and the tightly organized state required the resources from its provinces more than ever. When the flow of taxes from the Oshale abruptly stops in 724, Yamenna has little choice but to give in to Aribelian demands, and grants the region full sovereignty as a sub-kingdom of Yamenna the following year. | ||
The Aribelians of the Oshale have no interest in the battles of the south. With the de-facto secession of the important province, Yamenna loses a great many of its resources and power, and soon, the Wertian encroachment is unavoidable. The Wertian Wars stretch over almost the entire first half of the | The Aribelians of the Oshale have no interest in the battles of the south. With the de-facto secession of the important province, Yamenna loses a great many of its resources and power, and soon, the Wertian encroachment is unavoidable. The Wertian Wars stretch over almost the entire first half of the 7th century and end in a devastating defeat in the Battle of the Black Mountains in 589. Yamenna loses all of its territory south of Daernis and east of the Ílgarian Woods and the southern tip of the Hajalad reaching north to Cas Dárin, depriving them entirely of their access to the Ilathw. | ||
The First Oshalian Rebellion of 589 | The First Oshalian Rebellion of 589 | ||
which were part of the separate [[Province VII Oshale]] until the [[First Kalparian Uprising]] of 614 | which were part of the separate [[Province VII Oshale]] until the [[First Kalparian Uprising]] of 614 | ||