Visnia

Early Settlements Along the Coast

 * Visnia was a difficult place to launch a civilization
 * Between the Bax and Visnian coast lies a narrow coastal clearing
 * It was in this narrowly coastal clearing that the first settlements occurred
 * Between the early 600s BR and late 600s BR, people began to establish allied-states along the Visnian coast
 * By early 500 BR, a number of thriving alliances existed along the coast

Moorvian Invasions Favor the Rise of Visnia

 * In early 500 BR, a power-hungry people known as the Moorvians from the Moorvaic lands made their way into Visnia
 * The Moorvians came in across the Bax of Mooria and on to Visnia
 * It its full extent, the Moorvian Empire stretched from the West Moorian coastline to the Bax and the Bax Minor to the Visnian coast
 * In a small matter of time, the Moorvians attacked and demolished many Visnian allied-states
 * After the demolishment of most of Visnia, the Moorvians ruled all of Visnia

Visnians Consolidate Power

 * As the allied forces began liberating Mooria, the Visnians began to set up a central goverment for people
 * The Visnians moved their capital to a widely visited area in the Bax in order to solidify power
 * The location on key trade routes gave people access to trade goods and information about the rest of Mooria
 * The Visnians developed a strong bureaucracy to conduct the affairs of the government
 * By the mid 500s BR, the Visnians had created a strong, centralized civilization

Visnian Trade Network

 * The two major trade zones - The Bax and the Moorian steppe - linked Visnia into a world system of trade
 * To encourage the flow of trade, trade masters set up trading posts throughout Visnia
 * By the late 500s, Visnia had become a major trade center for all of Mooria

Crossroads of Trade and Ideas

 * Trade routes through Visnia ran from the Bax to the Visnian coastline and the Vadon to the Ayenese Nemla
 * Traders from all over Mooria moved along the land routes whcih helped Visnia grow into a trade state
 * The routes also carried information and ideas for the world outside Visnia
 * By the late 500s BR, factions in the Bax rapidly became prosperous trading centers on the trade routes