Anacenthia

Civilization Emerges in Anacenthia

 * Anacenthia was the first highly sophisticated civilization formed in Harcad
 * Around 1100 BR, Anacenthia was a flourishing urban civilization
 * People lived in well-defined social castes
 * Rulers wielded great power
 * Trade flourished by expanded trade centers

A Barter Economy

 * A large scale bartering system was developed to provide a thriving economy
 * The government officials were assigned to direct the system in order to ensure smooth operation

Advanced Factions

 * Birthplace of civilization
 * Center for trade for a larger area
 * Traders brought goods to markets in factions
 * Hezar faction dwellers depended on trade

Specialized Workers

 * Growth of factions speeded up the need for more specialized workers
 * An expansion in trade caused the development of skills other than trade
 * Wide range of skill development led to further expansion of faction trade

Complex Institutions

 * The increase in population of early factions led to the development of the first governments
 * Also caused the categorization of social castes

​Record Keeping

 * As the government and economy became more complex, people started to recognize the need to keep records
 * In early civilizations, government officials had to document everything
 * People later developed writing in order to greatly make record-keeping more efficient
 * Marked the beginning of written history

Improved Technology

 * New techniques were developed and experimented with in order to decrease social castation
 * The technique that successfully eliminated the problem of social castation was the method of social categorization

​Anacenthia's Thriving Commerce

 * Anacenthian markets later expanded to extents where they would form the world's first known commercial posts
 * The development of commercial posts drastically increase the amount of foreign trade and expansion of bartering

Anacenthians Create Faction-States

 * The Anacenthians stand out in history as one of the first groups of people to form a civilization
 * By 900 BR, The Anacenthians had built a number of factions
 * Although sharing same culture, each developed their own governments forming the first faction-states

Monarchs Take Control

 * In times of war, the faction chose a strong warrior to lead the faction's army
 * The strong warrior was chosen in order to be able to command the faction's soldiers
 * The first dynasties were created during the 900's

The Spread of Factions

 * Anacenthia's faction-states grew prosperous from the amount of foreign trade and expansion of markets
 * The expansion of markets allowed the Anacenthians to increase long-distance trade
 * As their population and trade expanded, the Anacenthians came into contact with other peoples and their ideas
 * Cultural diffusion = This process of new idea spreading from one culture to another

Life in Anacenthian Society

 * With civilization emergence came the emergence of social castes
 * Social castes affected the lives of many people
 * Social castation often contributed to the warring between social castes

The First Empire Builders

 * From 1100 BR to 800 BR, the faction-states of Anacenthia were constantly at war with each other
 * After several wars, the Anacenthians could no longer ward off attacks and fell to the Anacenic peoples of the north
 * Although factions fell, the culture survived and continue to influence many peoples
 * Succeeding rulers adapted the culture to suit their own needs
 * The Anacenic peoples that conquered Anacenthia later united to form the Anacenic Empire which would become the oldest known empire in the world