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The years preceding the initial Brigidnan colonial efforts in northern Khiva were fraught with conflict and tension among the local kingdoms.
There were three primary cultural groups in northern Khiva, with hundreds of subgroups and other, smaller culture or language groups, particularly deep in the jungles.
The Lambore were the most significant, and had kingdoms along the coast in the center of northern Khiva. The Lambore were a divided people who shared a common language and religion, but little else, as warring states were constantly jostling for control of rivers, holy sites, and farmland. The Lambore were a proud people, with much to speak of in terms of science, though their technology was behind the approaching westerners. Their established states proved dangerous foes, but it was possible to negotiate with them, as they had more centralized governments and legal systems. The Lambore also had the most experience dealing with outsiders, having traded with the Near East for some time, in particular Mestran and Arkianian civilizations.
The Bahmani were west of the Lambore, and proved to be a particularly difficult thorn in the side of both Lanlanian and Castleon colonial efforts. Their society was more disorganized than the Lambore, which weakened them at first but made them harder to negotiate with, as making an agreement with one community did not control any of the others, leading to complicated cross-rivalries among various Bahman tribes.
East of the Lambore were the Daluanga, a civilization of peoples who lived along the banks of three large rivers in what is now New Zealmark. The Daluanga were city-dwellers like the Lambore, but were far less centralized, with many city-states and small governmental entities. Their lands were the most fertile and desirable in northern Khiva, which is likely why The Soyabarian colonizers chose it. The Daluanga strongholds were not as large as those of the Lambore, but were still significant in their own right. The Daluanga were at a crossroads of cultures, with Ishnallan civilization to their north and east and Svarnan civilization to their south. These cultures had influence on the Daluanga society through trade and communication.
Deeper in the jungles of central Khiva were countless minor tribes and civilizations. Not nearly as much is known about them and to this day there are still some tribes that have had limited to no contact at all with modern civilization.
There were three primary cultural groups in northern Khiva, with hundreds of subgroups and other, smaller culture or language groups, particularly deep in the jungles.
The Lambore were the most significant, and had kingdoms along the coast in the center of northern Khiva. The Lambore were a divided people who shared a common language and religion, but little else, as warring states were constantly jostling for control of rivers, holy sites, and farmland. The Lambore were a proud people, with much to speak of in terms of science, though their technology was behind the approaching westerners. Their established states proved dangerous foes, but it was possible to negotiate with them, as they had more centralized governments and legal systems. The Lambore also had the most experience dealing with outsiders, having traded with the Near East for some time, in particular Mestran and Arkianian civilizations.
The Bahmani were west of the Lambore, and proved to be a particularly difficult thorn in the side of both Lanlanian and Castleon colonial efforts. Their society was more disorganized than the Lambore, which weakened them at first but made them harder to negotiate with, as making an agreement with one community did not control any of the others, leading to complicated cross-rivalries among various Bahman tribes.
East of the Lambore were the Daluanga, a civilization of peoples who lived along the banks of three large rivers in what is now New Zealmark. The Daluanga were city-dwellers like the Lambore, but were far less centralized, with many city-states and small governmental entities. Their lands were the most fertile and desirable in northern Khiva, which is likely why The Soyabarian colonizers chose it. The Daluanga strongholds were not as large as those of the Lambore, but were still significant in their own right. The Daluanga were at a crossroads of cultures, with Ishnallan civilization to their north and east and Svarnan civilization to their south. These cultures had influence on the Daluanga society through trade and communication.
Deeper in the jungles of central Khiva were countless minor tribes and civilizations. Not nearly as much is known about them and to this day there are still some tribes that have had limited to no contact at all with modern civilization.