Category:Ancient Nations

The World
The ancient period is when states first started to form. In some of these regions, states didn't appear until the very end of the era.

China

 * Xiufi Kingdom (2,300 - 1,500 BCE)


 * Pa Kingdom (1,500 - 1,497 BCE)


 * Loma Kingdom (1,497 - 531 BCE)

India

 * Kingdom of Harappa - a very early city-state located in the Indus Valley. It is known that it was an absolute monarchy, and that priests played an influential role in politics. It is also assumed that it was a rival to Mosjo-Dara.
 * Kingdom of Mosjo-Dara - another very early city-state in the Indus Valley, somewhat farther south than Harappa.
 * Kompati Empire (~3000 - 1948 BC) - The first known kingdom on the Ganges River. The modern name for the subcontinent, Kompatiasi, is derived from the name of Kompati. It survived for nine dynasties before eventually falling to a Do-Rayan conquerer named Sonbomqi.
 * Kingdom of Sinthu - A kingdom based on the Indus River that was a contemporary of 1st-4th Dynasties of Kompati. The only written sources for Sinthu are from Kompati, which traded farily extensively with them. However, several text fragments have been found, as well as extensive archaeological evidence of their capitol city, Sinta.
 * Kingdom of Eksthas / Eksthasonian Empire (2135 - 1950 BC) - The first state in Kompatiasi to use bronze. With it, it conquered the entire Indus Valley, establishing the first large empire in Kompatiasin history. Eksthas was a serious rival to Kompati for much of it's history, before falling in the Do-Rayan invasions.
 * Kingdom of Masgidu (2002 - 1939 BC) - A short-lived state based around the Ganges Delta which emerged in approximately 2000 BC. It was ruled by only two emperors, both extremely capable.
 * City of Bostam (2146 - 1942 BC) - A powerful city-state in northern India which conquered the surrounding territories, before falling in the Do-Rayan invasions. It was run by a group of oligarchic "district leaders."
 * Kumchol Kingdom - A Kingdom bordering Masgidu about which little is known.
 * Kingdom of Oluum - Oluum was founded by a group of exiles from Eksthas and Kompati in about 2100 BC. It fell to the Do-Rayans in 1948 BC.
 * Kingdom of Gajram - One of many Do-Rayan kingdoms founded in the aftermath of the invasion.
 * Republic of Chichmoyn (1878 - 1782 BC) - an oligarchy founded by exiled leaders of Masgidu, Eksthas, and Kumchol, which attempted to reconquer Kompatiasti from the Do-Rayans.
 * Kingdom of Chichmoyan (1782 - 1078 BC) - the renamed and re-organized Republic of Chichmoyn after it was conquered by the Do-Rayans.
 * Other unnamed kamekwambas (Do-Rayan states established immediately after the invasion.
 * Empire of the Ganges (1496 - 878 BC) - The Empire of the Ganges was the only kamekwamba to remain disunified after Uwezekano's War (1078 -1069 BC). It controlled a densely populated area and was ruled, traditionally, by the High Priest of the City of Tollomka, an otherwise unimportant town. After the unification of the rest of Kompatiasi under the S'donsman Empire, Gangetia developed a reactionary social policy under which women were no longer even considered to be human, and had no more rights than a beast of burden. Gangetia was invaded by S'donsma in 880 BC: as defeat was approaching, the last Gangetic king ordered the murder of all women throughout his kingdom. In response, the S'donsmans efficiently killed all the men of the Ganges. The Gangetic language, Bonglo, went extinct and we have only trace fragments today. This is generally marked as the world's first genocide.
 * Kingdom of S'donsma (1621 - 602 BC) - S'donsma was first established as a small state in southern Kompatiasi, to the west of Chichmoyan. It developed excellent military technology through use of selective breeding to create deadly war elephants (sudmo-akstho). In addition, two of the great thinkers of Kompatiasin history worked in S'donsma, Noatmes and Uingereza. Uingereza led to S'donsma developing a radical social policy which proclaimed women to be equals to men, and protected their rights under the law. This would eventually become the standard for all of Kompatiasi. Under Queen Uwezekano, S'donsma unified almost all of Kompatiasi. It subsequently conquered Gangetia in 878 BC, and for almost 300 years ruled unchallenged over Kompatiasi. However, during this period, technology stagnated and bureaucracy grew immensely, leading to the eventual collapse fo the empire.
 * Heavenly State of Ulamntaop - a small theocracy, eventually conquered by Uwezekano.

Danubian region

 * The Vercian Kingdom (1990 BC - 1067 BC) : Created by and named after Vercelop, a Kozian warlord from OTL Bucegi Mountains, the Vercian Kingdom is the first state in the region. Basically a bunch of tribes ruled by a powerfull High Chief, the early "Kingdom" is nothing more than a glrorified Tribal Despotism. Initially ruled from Vercelop's village in the mountains, the kingdoms capital was moved to a more accesible location in the OTL Wallachian Plain (1950 BC). The new capital, Verceldaza, built there at Vercelop's will, by a Volgan architect, Sperioqux Noorskolav was the biggest city of the entire region for more than 700 years, when after the conquest of the Trasylvanian Plateau, Braz built a new capital in Brazdaza (OTL Sarmisegetusa Regia). This also marks the begining of the real Kingdom, as the Vercian Kings stopped using only their military force to rule their subjects. Under King Loxavz (1080 BC - 1069 BC) the Kingdom expands again, reaching the Dniestr in the East. The death of Loxavz marks the begining of the end for the Vercian Kingdom, as his son, Vorlax, thrown the Kingdom in a conflict that will end with the destruction of the Kingdom (Vorlax's War 1068 BC - 1067 BC).
 * The Valkozian Kingdom (1400 BC - 1044 BC) : The Valkozian Kingdom was founded around 1400 BC. The kingdom was founded by Orek, a local warlord. The legend says that the kingdom started as nothing less than a combined raiding party of several Valkozian tribes. Orek, a local warlord, was elected the leader of the raiding party. They successfully raided the Crimean Peninsula and when they arrived back in Valkozia with lots of riches, the delighted Valkozian tribes elected Orek as their one and only King. Since then the Valkozian Kingdom kept the tradition of electing their kings, unlike the hereditary monarchy of the Vercians. Around 1200 BC, under King Fordik, the Valkozians conquer all of the Western Black Sea Coast, founding a city on the shores of the Bosphorus (Fordikdaza). Like in the case of the Vercian Kingdom, the decline of the Valkozian Kingdom is also marked by Vorlax's War. Although the Valkozians had won the war, their aging king Qazduk dies while campaigning in Vercia. The civil unrest created during Vorlax's War throws the Kingdom in a struggle between it's two best men, General Talaxaz and General Gorta both claiming the throne. The Valkozian Civil War (1060 BC - 1044 BC) destroys all the efforts made by the last Valkozian Kings to strenghten their rule over the Valkozian tribes and cities. When Gorta's army deserts him in 1047 BC, he flees Valkozia, leaving Talaxaz as the only claimant of the throne. But by now the Valkozians resent the General because of his cruel acts he commited during the Civil War and don't recognize him as king, each city and tribe electing it's own ruler. Although the Kingdom wasn't unified since the outbreak of the civil war, historians mark the end of the Valkozian Kingdom in 1044 BC, when Talaxaz's siege of Vazdaza fails and the general is murdered by his own men.
 * The Wrakian League (1090 BC - 1065 BC) : The Wrakian League was founded in 1090 BC, when eight Wrakian Cieftains elect Waxaz as High Chief in order to protect themselves from the increased pressure of the Vercian and Valkozian Kingdoms. By 1070 BC the majority of the Wrakian tribes have been peacefully incorporated in the League. The year 1070 BC also marks the end of the League and the establishment of the Wrakian Kingdom. Boznida, wife of Waxaz (Waxaz died around 1080 BC) crowned her son Barzak as King of the Wrakians after inteligent political maneuvering. Although Barzak was recognized by all the tribes of the league, Boznida kept the real power and took the title of "Queen Mother". The decline of the Wrakian state is also marked by Vorlax's War. Initially crushing the Wrakians and killing Barzak, the King of Vercia, Vorlax is defeated by a Valkozo-Wrakian army led by the Valkozian King Qazduk. As part of the alliance Qazduk married Boznida and this marriage produced a son, heir only to the Wrakian throne, as the Valkozian elected their new king after the death of the old one. But when King Qazduk died before he could complete the conquest of the fragmentated Vercian lands, Boznida tried to impose her son with Qazduk, Axazad, as king of Valkozia, thus uniting the Valkozian and Wrakian states under her rule. The Valkozian nobles refused to elect Axazad as their King and when Boznida took her son and tried to flee to Wrakia, the Valkozians caught her and killed both Boznida and Axazad. After Boznida's death the Wrakian Kingdom collapses and the Wrakian tribes refuse to establish a new league, fearing that the new High Chief will also turn the League into a Kingdom. The Wrakians return to their tribal societies, ending the 25 year old Wrakian unified state.