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'''Amade''' is the largest anbd msot economically powerful stte of the Ogili Empire.
'''Amade''' was a tropical empire located between 13°N and 17°N, centered west of [[Taryte]], at around 20°E. Its people were often politically hostile to Taryte. 


==Langugae==
==Language families==
The tone system has esse3ntially reverted to that of Khulls.  That is, Khulls had a stress/tone cobination, which went to all-tone in Ogili, and now is back as strress/tomne.  But the tones are so heavily changed that high is refelcted as low as often as it is reflected as high.    THis is unlike all other langiages that descendded from Khulls.
Amade has long been very diverse linguistically.  Since it was not a political unit for most of its early history, the aboriginals were split between the [[Star languages]] in the extreme  east  and the languages of [[Kxesh]] covering the remainder of the territory.  [[Merar]] settlers brought their [[Tropical Rim]] languages, while a smaller number of [[Mumba]] people added loanwords to these languages.  Soon, the Pejo languages of Amade came to be seen as a third aboriginal family and became internally diverse as its people built nations in the rainforest and focused on internal affairs.


Consonants & voiwerls are similar butu nsteressed syllabs have lost all final consos and some voewrls. However, since the parent language Ogili was mostly (C)V to begin with, this is not a great loss, and for the most part, Amade is a fairly conservative language.
Later on, [[Players|Play]] explorers fled into Amade from the north, bringing their dialect of the Bābākiam language.  Another wave of conquerors fleeing from Anzan also brought [[Bābākiam]], which then wiped out all of the other languages.


Conso shifts: No voiced consos survived. /p b v/ > /p/, /f/ > /h/. /t d/ > /t/.  /z/ > /s/ or /r/.   /g/ > /k/ or /h/.
==Tropical Rim languages==
This language was spoken by the Pabap settlers but quickly died out.  Those few speakers who persisted were bilingual with the Pejo languages around them and SEA therefore came to have Pejo-like sound changes.
==Early history==
There were four tribal groups in early Amade:
#'''Kxesh''' people, the dark-skinned aboriginals native to the area.
#[[Star languages|Star]] people, the dark-skinned aboriginals who inhabited the lands to the east, had a small foothold in eastern Amade.
#[[Lenia]]ns, the light skinned, and typically blonde settlers who had built colonies in [[Paba]], [[Thaoa]], and other places along the tropical south coast.  Also known as [[Mumba]]. This is the southernmost empire in which Lenians formed a major part of the settler population, but they were quickly absorbed.
#[[Merar|Lĕba]], a tribe of very tall, dark-skinned seagoing people who had settled in various other places along the tropical south coast. Despite their very different appearance, they were culturally related to the Lenians.


===Geogrtaphy and climate===
Unlike most nearby areas, these four racial groups got along peacefully and formed into a single tribe of varied appearance.  They were still dark-skinned, but taller and somewhat less dark than the [[Tarise]]  people. Yet they were outwardly aggressive, and Amadean pirates captured slaves of all racial backgrounds from nations both near and far.


Amade's success derives largely from its unusual E-like shapre.  In an empire where all other states sought to maximize their coastline, Amade started at the coast and purchased their way inland, leaving most of the other states (all except the border state of Gapola) surrounded by Amade.  They thus also had one of the empire's two borders withj Moponshine and thje only border with Pusapom.  The only placve they have lost out is [[Moonshine_culture#Safiz|Safiz]], which was originally thje Amaderan heartland but is now over 90% Moonshine/Poswob shared settlements.    Amadeans still remember, even though their present climate is the warmest in the Ogili Empire, that they came from a place whose climate was cold.  Saifz is still officially part of Amade, but pays almost no taxes and Amade's military is embarrassed to admit that they can no longer safely visit, let alone collect the missing taxes.
Amade soon became the economic and political capital of the [[Star Empire]].  When [[Nama]] defeated the Star Empire around the year 2095, many Stars fled to Amade because its jungle provided shelter from the Naman warlords and because Naman slavery worked better in a dry climate.  Amadeans believed that Nama would soon fall and the Star Empire would again be ruled from Amade.


Historically, the capital of the Ogili Empire was in the Amadean city of Pápi, located in Safiz.  When Safiz seceded the capital moved to ther Amadean city of Andadí <ref>temporary name; itr means "tourmaline"</ref>.  Later it moved inland to the Amadean city of Lapibá.  Finally Amade allowed the capital to move outside their state as other states were afraif of Amade's growing power.  The local capital of Amade remained in Lapibá.  Soime hundreds of years after that, the capital of Amade was moved to [[Baeba Swamp]] (called by many names; Amade's name for it was Laida).
However, although Nama was a very delicate ruler, they maintained control of what had been the Star Empire through naval supremacy, and the political center moved to the extreme north, near Nama's border.  Thus, when the [[Gold Empire]] became the world's greatest superpower, Amade was left far behind.  Tribal wars flared up, with the weak tribes such as the Pabaps and the [[Crystals]] forced to flee from the place they had fled to for safety.  The winning tribes were the Pejo speakers, who had married aboriginals and come to be seen as aboriginals themselves, but yet drew a firm distinction between them and the poorer, weaker tribes who had lived in Amade before them.  All slaves were killed in this war, as the winners promised to abolish slavery by killing th slaves.


===Demographics===
But even as the genocide continued, new immigrants arrived in Amade, protected by private armies from the dangers around  them.  These people had various political goals and did not consider themselves allies even of each other.
Amade is very diverse, but despite 2000+ years of political union, most tribes live in their historic homelands: Baebans in Baeba Swamp, Moonshines in the far north, Poswobs in pockets of the eastern mountain ranges, Ogilians along the west coast.  Baeba is somewhat of an exception because, being the capital, it has attracted people even from outside the Empire, but Baebans are still by far the largest group and they maintain their own internal distinctions rather than simply calling themselves native Baebans.


===Immigration and Exploratinm===
==Later history==
Though originally based in the warm temperate west coast of Goga, they moved southward in search of founding an even warmer capitali n Baeba, and from there going even further south into the heart of the tropics.  This southward push was also used buy the rival state of [[Taryte]], but Taryte had been much farther south (though on a plateau) to begin with.  At first the Amadeans saw Baeba and points south as mere colonies not desxerving of equal status in the government, but after several hundred years they began to push for political unification of all Amade-allied lands, even if it meant risking the possibility of the capital moving to Baeba, the largest city in the empire.  Evbentually, they began to see Baeba as their new homeland, even though it was so heavily populated that Amadeans would be forever a minority there, and a shrinking one, as many Amadeans chose to marry into native Baeban families.
:''This writeup assumes that mentions of [[Atlam]] in the history of Anzan refer to Amade.''


To deal with the loss of their tribal power, Amadeans began telling themselves that ethnic distinctions did not exist, and all Baebans were Amadeans and vice versa.  For the most part, this unification of the two groups happened surpriingly peacefully.  However, unlike Amade, Baeba was internally diverse, consisting of dozens of tribes.  What happened was that Amadeans had to resign themselvbes to just being one of the tribes, which meant that they were not equals with the rulers of Baeba, but rather a middle class, because Baeba was not an egalitarian society in which anyone can rise to the top. In contrast, Baebans moving north into historically Amadeans territory blended in well, even though they were also mostly an underclass because the primary division here was hereditary wealth, and Baebans had none.  
===Contact with Anzan===
In 4145, Amade's aboriginals invaded the  [[Players|Play]] Empire (Vaamū), which had gained nominal possession of Amade in a recent treaty but had no military presence there.  Vaamū was much larger than Amade, but was weakened by many internal conflicts and could not pull from its entire population to raise an army.  Additionally, Amade had signed a military pact with [[Tarwas]], which flanked Vaamū from the east.  The Players began to refer to the alliance as "the Kala Alliance" due to alternate names of both Tarwas and Atlam<sup>sic</sup> that began with the same letters. The tiny nations of Amade and Tarwas quickly defeated the Players, and some immigrants from [[Tarwas]] moved into Amade.


By the year 8700 Amadeans were successful in convincing the world that their capital was Baeba and their original northern homelands, though still the richest parts of their state, were merely backwaters dependent on the tropics for survival.  THis was despite the fact that the Amad=eans didnt even firmly control Baeba and most did not live there.  THey merely controlled the shipment of goods in and out of Baeba, and thus could control to some extent whether Baeba became rich or poor.  THe Amadeans had never declarsed war on Baeba, as they had not been allowed to.  THus they survived in a state of perpetyual violence, losing about 10X as many soldiers as there were civilians in that area.
Four years later, Vaamū was overthrown from within and renamed Anzan.


===Notes===
In 4162, an army of atheists from  [[Swamp Kids|Anzan]] moved to Amade, bringing with them their atheistic culture and two languages: [[Late Andanese]] and [[Babakiam]]. Their loyalty was to yet another empire, [[Dreamland]], which had made them unwelcome in Anzan.  However, they were so militaristic that Dreamland did not support them either, and they chose to seek refuge in Amade.  Within two years, the colonists turned hostile and overthrew the government of Amade, making Babakiam the official language.  They were able to do this because of naval support from the nation of [[AlphaLeap|Wax]].  Therefore, all Amadean languages, both of the aboriginals and of the Crystals, went extinct shortly after the invasion of 4162.
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==Notes==

Latest revision as of 16:20, 4 April 2021

Amade was a tropical empire located between 13°N and 17°N, centered west of Taryte, at around 20°E. Its people were often politically hostile to Taryte.

Language families

Amade has long been very diverse linguistically. Since it was not a political unit for most of its early history, the aboriginals were split between the Star languages in the extreme east and the languages of Kxesh covering the remainder of the territory. Merar settlers brought their Tropical Rim languages, while a smaller number of Mumba people added loanwords to these languages. Soon, the Pejo languages of Amade came to be seen as a third aboriginal family and became internally diverse as its people built nations in the rainforest and focused on internal affairs.

Later on, Play explorers fled into Amade from the north, bringing their dialect of the Bābākiam language. Another wave of conquerors fleeing from Anzan also brought Bābākiam, which then wiped out all of the other languages.

Tropical Rim languages

This language was spoken by the Pabap settlers but quickly died out. Those few speakers who persisted were bilingual with the Pejo languages around them and SEA therefore came to have Pejo-like sound changes.

Early history

There were four tribal groups in early Amade:

  1. Kxesh people, the dark-skinned aboriginals native to the area.
  2. Star people, the dark-skinned aboriginals who inhabited the lands to the east, had a small foothold in eastern Amade.
  3. Lenians, the light skinned, and typically blonde settlers who had built colonies in Paba, Thaoa, and other places along the tropical south coast. Also known as Mumba. This is the southernmost empire in which Lenians formed a major part of the settler population, but they were quickly absorbed.
  4. Lĕba, a tribe of very tall, dark-skinned seagoing people who had settled in various other places along the tropical south coast. Despite their very different appearance, they were culturally related to the Lenians.

Unlike most nearby areas, these four racial groups got along peacefully and formed into a single tribe of varied appearance. They were still dark-skinned, but taller and somewhat less dark than the Tarise people. Yet they were outwardly aggressive, and Amadean pirates captured slaves of all racial backgrounds from nations both near and far.

Amade soon became the economic and political capital of the Star Empire. When Nama defeated the Star Empire around the year 2095, many Stars fled to Amade because its jungle provided shelter from the Naman warlords and because Naman slavery worked better in a dry climate. Amadeans believed that Nama would soon fall and the Star Empire would again be ruled from Amade.

However, although Nama was a very delicate ruler, they maintained control of what had been the Star Empire through naval supremacy, and the political center moved to the extreme north, near Nama's border. Thus, when the Gold Empire became the world's greatest superpower, Amade was left far behind. Tribal wars flared up, with the weak tribes such as the Pabaps and the Crystals forced to flee from the place they had fled to for safety. The winning tribes were the Pejo speakers, who had married aboriginals and come to be seen as aboriginals themselves, but yet drew a firm distinction between them and the poorer, weaker tribes who had lived in Amade before them. All slaves were killed in this war, as the winners promised to abolish slavery by killing th slaves.

But even as the genocide continued, new immigrants arrived in Amade, protected by private armies from the dangers around them. These people had various political goals and did not consider themselves allies even of each other.

Later history

This writeup assumes that mentions of Atlam in the history of Anzan refer to Amade.

Contact with Anzan

In 4145, Amade's aboriginals invaded the Play Empire (Vaamū), which had gained nominal possession of Amade in a recent treaty but had no military presence there. Vaamū was much larger than Amade, but was weakened by many internal conflicts and could not pull from its entire population to raise an army. Additionally, Amade had signed a military pact with Tarwas, which flanked Vaamū from the east. The Players began to refer to the alliance as "the Kala Alliance" due to alternate names of both Tarwas and Atlamsic that began with the same letters. The tiny nations of Amade and Tarwas quickly defeated the Players, and some immigrants from Tarwas moved into Amade.

Four years later, Vaamū was overthrown from within and renamed Anzan.

In 4162, an army of atheists from Anzan moved to Amade, bringing with them their atheistic culture and two languages: Late Andanese and Babakiam. Their loyalty was to yet another empire, Dreamland, which had made them unwelcome in Anzan. However, they were so militaristic that Dreamland did not support them either, and they chose to seek refuge in Amade. Within two years, the colonists turned hostile and overthrew the government of Amade, making Babakiam the official language. They were able to do this because of naval support from the nation of Wax. Therefore, all Amadean languages, both of the aboriginals and of the Crystals, went extinct shortly after the invasion of 4162.

Notes

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