Absame

Absamé (Absamean: Arbsamaa), officially known as the Federal Republic of Absamé (Absamean: Jemaaruhida Federaaliya Arbsamaa) is a country located in East Artopa that is bordered to the south-east by Arajan, Menasseh to the south and Koroush to the north and north-west. The capital and largest city in Absamé is Saarba and the official language is Absamean.

Absamé lays on an important crossroad between Artopa, Kanta and Arajan which greatly bolstered its importance in antiquity, allowing it to become somewhat of a regional power. Absamé was dominated by clans and cliques in its early years which prevented any form of national or ethnic unification. However, a source of that national unification would arrive in 940 AD following the Masrafin Empire's occupation the neighbouring Arajan which brought along with it Tamirism, a religion unheard of by many. Hearing of the paganistic beliefs of the Absamean population, missionaries from Arajan began to settle in the south-east of Absame, including Tamirist missionaries who were able to swiftly convert a large portion of the population in south-east Absamé to Tamirism which quickly spread across Absamé. This Tamirist assimilation lead to the rise of powerful kingdoms; the most important of which was the Xukun Sultanate established in circa. 1280 AD and lasted for 10 years under the rule of Sultan Samatar.

After being subjugated by the Araji Empire from 1290 to 1601 under the province of Province of Saarba, then the Koroush from 1601-1799 under the Territory of Saarbestan and finally the Gaudians??? from 1800 - 1911 under the Protectorate of Absamé, an independence war lead by Abeau Mursal led to the formation of the Federal Republic of Absame which was later subjugated by the dictatorship of Captain Afrax Muxudiin and later Ashkir Gurxan who oversaw the collapse of the state.

Etymology
The name Absamé doesn't have Absamean origins but rather derives from the Gaudian governor Jean-Baptiste Absamé who led the expedition and colonization of the lands. The first documentation of the land came from a manuscript published by Araji author Farrokh Hosseini titled Beyond the Saarba in 620 AD which detailed the tale of an Absamean shepherd travelling the entire Saarba river. Furthermore, the Saarba River derives from the Absamean word "Saarbat" meaning "the one who provides." Since then, the name Saarba stuck such as in "the Province of Saarba" and the "Territory of Saarbestan" until Gaudian colonisation where the name Absamé stuck around. A movement by Absamean nationalists to rename the country to "Saarbia" was shortlived and thus died the hope of renaming the country.

Pre-History


The oldest surviving evidence of human civilisation in modern-day Absamé was discovered in the Lanwandar Cave (literally "Cave of the Human Roots"), which is located in modern-day south-western Absamé and dates back around 12000 years, although it is thought that primitive forms of human life settled in the region at least 1000 years earlier. The distribution of Middle Paleolithic Levallois techniques across modern-day Absamé has led to the hypothesis that Paleolithic-era civilisation flourished no later than 70,000 years ago in mainland Absamé, while the oldest remains of civilisation in the south-east suggest Paleolithic-era civilisation flourished around 55,000 years ago. The first evidence of agriculture along the Caadhaw tributary suggest that the Neolithic Age arrived in Absamé approximately 10,000-9,000 years ago. Despite little evidence beyond archaeological remains and sites for more information, it has been proven that communities of all shapes and sizes began to emerge over Absamé with the agricultural revolution.

Ancient History


The Araqa Clan is the oldest known clan in Absamé, having emerged about 900 BT after Araqa proclaimed himself King of the Arwaqan Tribe with the backing of his people. Absamé has been ruled by a clan system from its inception, which has kept it from uniting throughout its history. Since the Araqa Clan's origin, numerous other tribes have formed their own clans, which have lived in peace and fought one another. The Galgisia War started in the north of Absamé in 650BT, when the Aloxagy clanleader, Fanaxle II, tried to unite the north into a kingdom named Galgisia. He successfully managed to conquer the northern clans but the Kingdom crumbled after a few years due to instability and his death. Since then, there have been many wars attempting to unify Absamé under a single monarchy but all these attempts have ended in failure and the lands stayed separate.

In 700BT, a civil war broke out in the Gukoile Clan after a disagreement between the king Nasteex and his heir Calasow in which Calasow oversaw victory and the execution of his father. Using his military might, he swiftly conquered neighboring clans proclaiming the Zufafid Empire, one of the few Empire proclaimed throughout Absamé'S history, and crowned himself Emperor Zufafid. A border dispute between the Araji Duchy of Zahefabad led to the Zufafid War which Calasow, after months of fighting, triumphed over the exhausted Duchy. Many Absameans migrated to the newly conquered Araji land as a way to certify his control over his Empire but it would collapse when Calasow died in 678 BT and was succeeded by his half-Araji illegitimate son Rostam which proved unpopular to the population which saw the Empire collapse; however its legacy would live on with the high population of Absameans living in the most western part of Arajan.

An incident with the Koroush army prompted Koroushin King Mizron to defeat the Humilee and Warfaa clans in the far north in 543BT and submit them to his authority. They began to exploit Absameans for slave labour after seeing them as inferior and a cheap source of labour. This began the Era of Absamean Subjugation, which lasted over 2000 years. The Koroush troops' power compelled the Absameans to accept their status as slaves, but that didn't stop several rebellions from erupting during this time, such as the infamous Xamaw Revolt, which saw the Koroush heir slain and the slaves treated harshly as a result.

Rise of Tamirism and the Xukun Sultanate
Absamé remained relatively paganistic in its beliefs with its many ethnic groups practicing cultural religions which remains a roadblock in the successful unification of Absamé. However, this changed with the rise of the Masrafin Empire in Arajan who, after a bloody war, managed to triumph and occupy Araji lands in 940 AD, spreading their Tamirist religion throughout the entire Araji population in rapid conversions. After securing their hold on Arajan, many looked to the west and Absamé and saw the paganistic beliefs being practiced. This began a great migration and settlement of Araji people, particularly in the south-east where Tamirist missionaries were able to convert a majority of the population in under a few years. Soon, many Tamirist teachers and missionaries spread all over Absamé until many major clans adopted the religion as their official.

Being a devout Tamirist and a rich nobelman, Samatara of the Hurambi clan sought to unify Absamé under a common Tamirist leader. In order to achieve this, he split from the Hurambi Clan with a group of followers and would proclaim himself King of the Xukun Clan. After a few wars, the Xukun managed to conquer their predecessor and many more clans, becoming one of the largest kingdoms of Absamé. With his new found power, he later proclaimed himself King of the newly established Xukun Sultanate in 1280. His early reign saw prosperity in the new kingdom and the population seemed harmonious. However, during the last years of the Sultanate many people felt resentment to the Arajiphile Sultanate after learning of the Absamean Exodus perpetrated by the Araji. In 1290, the King died of liver failure and was succeeded by his cousin Qorax who was anti-Arajan and actively denounced their government as illegitimate. In retaliation, the Arajan Empire swiftly conquered the Sultanate and any remaining Absamean lands and proclaimed it the new Province of Saarba.