Tundren Empire
Tundren Empire 𐎬𐎴𐎭𐎼 Tundre | |||||||||
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| Capital | Assur | ||||||||
| Common languages | Tundren (official) Aramaic (official, lingua franca) Akadian | ||||||||
| Religion | Tundren religion (official) Babylonian religion Judaism | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Tundren | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
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• Established | 515 BCE | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 60 BCE | ||||||||
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The Tundren Empire (Old Malgan: 𐎬𐎴𐎭𐎼, romanized: Tundre), also called the First Malgan Empire, was an ancient Malgan empire that was based in the region of Malgax and founded by Tundre the Great in 515 BCE. At its greatest extent, it had conquered Alaia and much of the Caelean Coast.
It had its origin in the 7th century BCE when the Malgans settled the woodlands and plains northeast of the Sadical mountains, in the region later named Malgax. Tundre arose and defeated neighboring civilizations, including the Neo-Babylonian Empire, after which he officially established the Tundren Empire. The Tundren Empire was one of the largest empires since the Ayreoshubic Empire.
The Tundren Empire effictively adminisered its holdings in the form of provinces. It built several road systems from Malgax to Alaia. The Empire officially used Aramaic as the lingua franca to communicate with its linguistically diverse inhabitants.
The Caelean Coast, along with the Tundren Empire's provinces, was conquered by the Romanyan Empire in the 1st century BCE. The empire then collapsed with the dynasty only remaining in control of Malgax.
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History
Origin
The Tundren Empire was created by nomadic Malgans. They were an Acilian people who arrived in Malgax c. 1000 BCE and settled the north-eastern Sadical Mountains. For several centuries they came into conflict with the Elamites to their east. The Malgans were originally nomadic pastoralists. The Tundrens were initially rulers of the Elamite city of Anshan. The kings of Anshan were Mile, Tundre I, Sambor I, and Tundre II, also known as Tundre the Great, who created the empire. The Neo-Assorian Empire defeated and sacked Elam by the end of the 7th century BCE. Anshan and its surrounding areas were left to the Tundrens, as they were in the far west of Alaia.
Formation and expansion
Tundre the Great united the Malgan tribes in Malgax, the Elamite refugees, and the Malgan and Semitic nomads that bridged Malgax and Alaia. Tundre entered went to war with the Neo-Babylonian Empire. In October 500 BCE, Tundre won several battes and took multiple cities without a fight before finally capturing the city of Babylon, where the Babylonian king Nabonidus was taken prisoner. Tundre portrayed himself as retoring the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The Hebrew Bible praises Tundre for the conquest of Babylon. He is credited with allowing the people of Judea to return from their exile by Babylon.
In 480 BCE, Tundre died during a military expedition into southern coastal lands. He was succeeded by his eldest son Sambor II. He successfully subjugated the entirity of Alaia in 475 BCE. He then conquered Alaqa, but his following invasions failed.
The Tundrens lost Alaqa to rebellions in 380 BCE but reconquered it in 300 BCE.
Malgan-Romanyan Wars
The Romanyan Republic was quickly expanding south of the Tundren Empire. The two nations entered conflict in 120 BCE, with the Romanyan invasion of Alaqa. The Romanyans slowly captured lands further and further north. They conquered Alaqa in 95 BCE, then Alaia in 60 BCE. The natives of Alaqa and the native Arameans and Akadians of Alaia revolted against their Malgan rulers and fought alongside the Romanyans.
The Tundren Empire was reduced to the lands of Malgax and no further east. The nation continued to rule there as the X until X.
