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'''Noso''' is one of the four continents on Novo. It is flanked by the [[Khattak|Khattak island arc]] on the west and the [[Atlingi|Khattak island arc]] on the east. Noso was first peopled some 45000 years ago from Atchilja via the Khattak island arc. Slowly, their descendants would disperse across the continent, and eventually reach D'ekaš via Atlingi. | '''Noso''' is one of the four continents on Novo. It is flanked by the [[Khattak|Khattak island arc]] on the west and the [[Atlingi|Khattak island arc]] on the east. Noso was first peopled some 45000 years ago from Atchilja via the Khattak island arc. Slowly, their descendants would disperse across the continent, and eventually reach D'ekaš via Atlingi. | ||
| + | [[Iša]], a plant not unlike quinoa, is the primary grain grown throughout the continent. Its first domestication likely occurred somewhere in the [[Northwestern plain]], from where it spread both further west up to the the furthest extant of the Nosoan side of the Khattak island ark, and eastwards to the far point of the continent. On the east coast, iša is heavily supplemented by [['e'la]], where a common cross-cultural staple meal is a porridge consisting of equal parts iša and 'e'la. The spread of iša as a staple crop is associated with the wide distribution of [[Northwestern languages]], particularly in the northwestern part of the continent, hence the family's name. | ||
| + | The first states on Noso arose somewhat concurrently with the late-classical age on [[D'ekaš]]. This first occurred along the coast of the [[Iṅlyazi bay]] | ||
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| − | + | ''A note on my old thoughts. It was previously my intention to leave Noso unpopulated by 'civilizations', and to critically examine colonialism and whether an alternative to the destructive, imperial, irrespective, extractive, and not-infrequently genocidal practices that were seen on Earth could be performed here. The latter is still possible, however I have abandoned the former -- not because I think it is impossible or unlikely that technology has progressed to the point of 'civilizational development' but rather that I felt to do so would not be interesting in the framework of the latter and somewhat problematic.'', | |
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Though the continent has had a human presence for 45000 years, no large scale urban sites ever developed on Noso. Instead, its indigenous populace practiced their hunter gatherer, and subsistence agricultural lifestyles for the many millennia until explorers from D'ekaš brought irrigated agriculture and urbanized sites with them. | Though the continent has had a human presence for 45000 years, no large scale urban sites ever developed on Noso. Instead, its indigenous populace practiced their hunter gatherer, and subsistence agricultural lifestyles for the many millennia until explorers from D'ekaš brought irrigated agriculture and urbanized sites with them. | ||
Disturbingly, the lack of civilization or any major urbanized sites prior to the arrival and colonization of Noso by the nations of D'ekaš has resulted in many early intellectuals believing in the inferiority of Noso aborigines. This is a theory that is violently disagreed with and wholly rejected in the modern age. | Disturbingly, the lack of civilization or any major urbanized sites prior to the arrival and colonization of Noso by the nations of D'ekaš has resulted in many early intellectuals believing in the inferiority of Noso aborigines. This is a theory that is violently disagreed with and wholly rejected in the modern age. | ||
Revision as of 18:25, 7 May 2021
Noso is one of the four continents on Novo. It is flanked by the Khattak island arc on the west and the Khattak island arc on the east. Noso was first peopled some 45000 years ago from Atchilja via the Khattak island arc. Slowly, their descendants would disperse across the continent, and eventually reach D'ekaš via Atlingi.
Iša, a plant not unlike quinoa, is the primary grain grown throughout the continent. Its first domestication likely occurred somewhere in the Northwestern plain, from where it spread both further west up to the the furthest extant of the Nosoan side of the Khattak island ark, and eastwards to the far point of the continent. On the east coast, iša is heavily supplemented by 'e'la, where a common cross-cultural staple meal is a porridge consisting of equal parts iša and 'e'la. The spread of iša as a staple crop is associated with the wide distribution of Northwestern languages, particularly in the northwestern part of the continent, hence the family's name.
The first states on Noso arose somewhat concurrently with the late-classical age on D'ekaš. This first occurred along the coast of the Iṅlyazi bay
Old
A note on my old thoughts. It was previously my intention to leave Noso unpopulated by 'civilizations', and to critically examine colonialism and whether an alternative to the destructive, imperial, irrespective, extractive, and not-infrequently genocidal practices that were seen on Earth could be performed here. The latter is still possible, however I have abandoned the former -- not because I think it is impossible or unlikely that technology has progressed to the point of 'civilizational development' but rather that I felt to do so would not be interesting in the framework of the latter and somewhat problematic.,
Though the continent has had a human presence for 45000 years, no large scale urban sites ever developed on Noso. Instead, its indigenous populace practiced their hunter gatherer, and subsistence agricultural lifestyles for the many millennia until explorers from D'ekaš brought irrigated agriculture and urbanized sites with them.
Disturbingly, the lack of civilization or any major urbanized sites prior to the arrival and colonization of Noso by the nations of D'ekaš has resulted in many early intellectuals believing in the inferiority of Noso aborigines. This is a theory that is violently disagreed with and wholly rejected in the modern age.
