By land, by sea by stranger paths they came, soon forgotten by kith and kin, lost on the roads of history. Yet in another world they now shall find fate and fortune good or ill. The winds blow cold, the horns sound fel and sharp. The time is nigh.
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Omake: Father of Geography
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I do not think that this qualifies as omake (it's too short), but this idea bothered me for some time. And a new seasonal rating is a perfect cause to realise it!
"Zaia of Alexandria (XIII - XIV centuries A.L.) – ancient geographer, historian, natural philosopher and writer, often referred as a "Father of Geography". Zaia is the most known for his fundamental work "Marcella's journeys", which describes a big chunk of cities and civilizations across the Blue Sea and its surroundings.
It is known that even in ancient times the exact location of Alexandria was lost, seven cities contested the title of this prestigious place. Recent studies convincingly show that toponym Alexadria is referred either to Apuku (Kurt, Vladimirov, Hastings, 4016) or Orinilu (Zhang et al., 4020), the second-likely candidates are Normomo and Ibanora (Huang et al., 4008; Huang, Verley, Smirnovich, 4021). The old hypothesis that placed Alexadria in the south-east corner of the Blue Sea (Esha, 3951) was thoroughly rejected.
Although archeological studies show that ships of Inaurna Empire crossed the Sunset Ocean and reached the shores of South Antonica in XIII centurie A.L. (Inalia, Giustiniani, 3975; Zhukov et al., 3991), it was Zaia who left the first documented evidence of discovery of North and South Antonica (the good literature review can be found in (Hastings, Verley, 4014)). Some folk-historians attribute to Zaia the first circumnavigation and discovery of Australia (Esha, 3951), but these wild hypothesis does not have scientific evidence and are not discussed by scholars.
In his works Zaia of Alexandria shows large-scale and tragic picture of begining of Bronze Age collapse which disrupted a majority of ancient civilizations and caused a sharp economical decline of regional powers. This phenomenon had variety of objective reasons such as growing tin shortage, but without modern scientific methodology Zaia interprets his observations by supernatural causes such as "intrigues of spirits of anjo-oru".
Despite the very high level of education, Zaia of Alexandria, like an overwhelming majority of ancient population, was a very superstitious man. In his works he constantly "describes" magics, undeads, feys, vampires, dragons and others non-existent phenomena. Despite of this, his remaining works are an invaluable source of ancient ethnographical, mythological, sociological and historical data."
Encyclopedia Nokumica, 4024 A.L.
"Zaia of Alexandria (XIII - XIV centuries A.L.) – ancient geographer, historian, natural philosopher and writer, often referred as a "Father of Geography". Zaia is the most known for his fundamental work "Marcella's journeys", which describes a big chunk of cities and civilizations across the Blue Sea and its surroundings.
It is known that even in ancient times the exact location of Alexandria was lost, seven cities contested the title of this prestigious place. Recent studies convincingly show that toponym Alexadria is referred either to Apuku (Kurt, Vladimirov, Hastings, 4016) or Orinilu (Zhang et al., 4020), the second-likely candidates are Normomo and Ibanora (Huang et al., 4008; Huang, Verley, Smirnovich, 4021). The old hypothesis that placed Alexadria in the south-east corner of the Blue Sea (Esha, 3951) was thoroughly rejected.
Although archeological studies show that ships of Inaurna Empire crossed the Sunset Ocean and reached the shores of South Antonica in XIII centurie A.L. (Inalia, Giustiniani, 3975; Zhukov et al., 3991), it was Zaia who left the first documented evidence of discovery of North and South Antonica (the good literature review can be found in (Hastings, Verley, 4014)). Some folk-historians attribute to Zaia the first circumnavigation and discovery of Australia (Esha, 3951), but these wild hypothesis does not have scientific evidence and are not discussed by scholars.
In his works Zaia of Alexandria shows large-scale and tragic picture of begining of Bronze Age collapse which disrupted a majority of ancient civilizations and caused a sharp economical decline of regional powers. This phenomenon had variety of objective reasons such as growing tin shortage, but without modern scientific methodology Zaia interprets his observations by supernatural causes such as "intrigues of spirits of anjo-oru".
Despite the very high level of education, Zaia of Alexandria, like an overwhelming majority of ancient population, was a very superstitious man. In his works he constantly "describes" magics, undeads, feys, vampires, dragons and others non-existent phenomena. Despite of this, his remaining works are an invaluable source of ancient ethnographical, mythological, sociological and historical data."
Encyclopedia Nokumica, 4024 A.L.
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Omake: The Korman war in the light of new archeological findings
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- Russia
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I thought how this war is looked from the outside perspective... and new seasonal rating is a good cause to study it!
"The Korman War had a significant impact on Anwa culture in the times of Bronze Age collapse. The abundant folk epos was formed during the Dark Ages and was written by ancient authors 4-5 centuries later after the war. These are mythological texts with rich amount of supernatural phenomenon. Severe storms which damaged the Lirman fleet during forward and backward trips are atributed to mischievous spirits, ancient heroes (such as Negu, Darum and Roland from one side and Unke the Second and Obari the Assassin from the other) fight with giants, undead and other mythologiacal monsters, duels are resolved by the will of gods and elder dragons (good review in (Mirkovich, 4002)).
The only two synchronous sources about the Korman War are "Marcella's journeys" by Zaia of Alexandria and "Chronicles of northern barbarians" by Aphilwe of Oromo. Alas, the only remaining part of "Marcella's journeys" which describes the Korman War is "Catalogue of ships" which contains valuable geographical and ethographical information about ancient Lirman but lacks factual information about the war. The later synopsises of "Marcella's journeys" are heavily influenced by posterior mythes. "Chronicles of northern barbarians", on the other hand, pays little attention about "Anwa savages", although dedicates some paragraphs to this topic.
One of the most myterious figures of Korman War is Unke the Second. According to Anwa epos, he is Unke the First ("Unke the Red") resurrected from the dead. Due to this connection, mathematician Fonenko in his pseudohistorical conspiracy theory "The New Chronology" merges both Unkes and claims that it is only the reflection of "Thomas war" which happened almost a thousand years later (the thorough critique of this conspiracy theory can be found in (Ulbreht et al., 3998)). Aphilwe, on the other hand, claims that Unke the Second was the conqueror from the Great Lands, but does not explain why Obari of Korman helped him during the war with his sister Aina.
One of the distinct episodes of Korman War is the finding of so called "Silver sarcophagus" and its destruction. According to Phucymides, the ancient historian and author of one of the most comprehensive synopsis of "Marcella's journeys", this sarcophagus was destroyed to prevent the further resurrections of Unke the Red. In any case, this is a clear sighn of deep cultural decline in the eve of Dark Ages.
This brief historiographical review helps to show the value of recent archeological findings on Korman. During the latest expedition... "
Zhe Zhang, Hart Hastings, Alberto Giustiniani "The Korman war in the light of new archeological findings" // "The Historical letters", vol. 58 (4012), №7.
"The Korman War had a significant impact on Anwa culture in the times of Bronze Age collapse. The abundant folk epos was formed during the Dark Ages and was written by ancient authors 4-5 centuries later after the war. These are mythological texts with rich amount of supernatural phenomenon. Severe storms which damaged the Lirman fleet during forward and backward trips are atributed to mischievous spirits, ancient heroes (such as Negu, Darum and Roland from one side and Unke the Second and Obari the Assassin from the other) fight with giants, undead and other mythologiacal monsters, duels are resolved by the will of gods and elder dragons (good review in (Mirkovich, 4002)).
The only two synchronous sources about the Korman War are "Marcella's journeys" by Zaia of Alexandria and "Chronicles of northern barbarians" by Aphilwe of Oromo. Alas, the only remaining part of "Marcella's journeys" which describes the Korman War is "Catalogue of ships" which contains valuable geographical and ethographical information about ancient Lirman but lacks factual information about the war. The later synopsises of "Marcella's journeys" are heavily influenced by posterior mythes. "Chronicles of northern barbarians", on the other hand, pays little attention about "Anwa savages", although dedicates some paragraphs to this topic.
One of the most myterious figures of Korman War is Unke the Second. According to Anwa epos, he is Unke the First ("Unke the Red") resurrected from the dead. Due to this connection, mathematician Fonenko in his pseudohistorical conspiracy theory "The New Chronology" merges both Unkes and claims that it is only the reflection of "Thomas war" which happened almost a thousand years later (the thorough critique of this conspiracy theory can be found in (Ulbreht et al., 3998)). Aphilwe, on the other hand, claims that Unke the Second was the conqueror from the Great Lands, but does not explain why Obari of Korman helped him during the war with his sister Aina.
One of the distinct episodes of Korman War is the finding of so called "Silver sarcophagus" and its destruction. According to Phucymides, the ancient historian and author of one of the most comprehensive synopsis of "Marcella's journeys", this sarcophagus was destroyed to prevent the further resurrections of Unke the Red. In any case, this is a clear sighn of deep cultural decline in the eve of Dark Ages.
This brief historiographical review helps to show the value of recent archeological findings on Korman. During the latest expedition... "
Zhe Zhang, Hart Hastings, Alberto Giustiniani "The Korman war in the light of new archeological findings" // "The Historical letters", vol. 58 (4012), №7.