History of Huo

The History of Huo is large and diverse, usually seen more as a collective history of various subregions, though much of Huo shares common connections. The majority of recorded history comes from Northern Huo and the regions it has influenced. Countries such as Chiöq and Wadiin have written records from as far back as -16 CY (507 GA), and have some of the earliest recorded civilizations in world history. X

Prehistory

Human migration

Humans first migrated to Dun circa X CY, having migrated from Nkungu through the X Islands. They then spread northwards throughout the continent, and eventually onto neighboring Jarruunh.

Prehistoric Northern Huo

In Northern Huo, the largest people group was the Pre-Dun peoples. These peoples stretched from Wadiin to Shibun and were dominant along the northern coast. Little is attested or known about these people apart from loanwords that would proliferate throughout various Dun languages. The Pre-Dun peoples were believed to be largely sedentary costal peoples, who would rely on fishing and farming for much of their needs. Near the year -780 CY, the Dun peoples are believed to have began to migrate from their homeland in Central Huo. They would quickly sweep over nearly all of Northern Huo, displacing or assimilating the Pre-Dun peoples, and rapidly expanding and settling in former Pre-Dun settlements. These migrations hold common importance across many pre-Kunwidya religions on Huo, including in Chiöq, where the migrations lead to the founding of the mythical Xiaar state that begins the first year of the Great Age calendar. During this time, the Nttalka peoples would also migrate into Northern Huo, though they occupied less space than the Dun peoples. The Nttalka are believed to have inhabited much of Central Huo before being displaced.

Bronze Age

The Huo Bronze Age is estimated to have began circa 150 BCY, the introduction of bronze made large scale military warfare much more common in Huo. A large copper trade began to form bringing the material through Jarruunh to Northern Huo and from Southern Huo to the north. This time saw the rise of the first large scale states in Huo, such as the various Chiöq states in the West, and the rise of the Surwooq Empire in the East. The Surwooq were the first large scale empire in Huo history, rising to stretch along the Northeastern coast of Huo in -81 CY. The Surwooq Empire did not use writing during its existence, and its history is only known through the later accounts of Chiöq writer Ziüxaar Huisuaa. The Central Dun peoples would remain largely nomadic, wandering the large central deserts of Northern Huo, though some would expand into the jungles of the Southeast. Wadiin and Chiöq would see a rise of various small city states or small kingdoms, largely disunited and concentrated along the highly arable coastline. Trade was prominent along the northern coast of Huo and western Huo, while copper was plentiful within the various mountain ranges of northern Huo and eastern Jarruunh, tin proved difficult to obtain. Kingdoms were reliant on trade with peoples from southern Huo or from trade with peoples from the X islands for tin, leaving the bronze trade an ultimately unstable entity. Trade would be prosperous in the region until a large internal civil war caused the Surwooq Empire, as well as the bronze trade, to collapse in 132 CY. Central Dun nomads would also disrupt overland trade routes, leaving the region almost entirely without tin. During this time the various Chiöq states would see a growth in influence, making them one of the forefront powers of the region. The various Chiöq states would fight amongst each other for influence, eventually leading to Chiöq being divided among four major states: (list). These states would be locked in a cold war with each other until 328 CY, where the Suaagia Empire, armed with iron weaponry, would sweep over the deserts of Central Huo and invade Chiöq.