History of Zahava

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Pre-History
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Neolithic
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Bronze Age
From a period lasting from about 2700 BCE to 1400 BCE, a proto avalonian civilization, the Zokhia inhabited the isles of Cretacia, Deimos and Idumea along with several other smaller islands in a small archipelago off the coast of eastern Avalonia. The Zokhian peoples were a seafaring people and, with limited land avaliable on their islands devoted much of their time to raiding coastal settlements and trading pillaged goods with a number of other early Avalonian coastal civilizations. These interactions allowed the integration of Zokhian culture to other civilizations and led to the establishment of several small, trading post colonies, which were not occupied year round. Of particular significane is the Zokhian pantheon, as the likeness found on many Zokhian artifacts bear striking resemblances to numerous modern day Zahavan deities. In roughly 1400 BCE, the Zokhian civilization began to fully transition from primarily seafaring raiders to having larger more established and permanent settlements focused on agriculture and other industries. Many of these early settlements were ruled by a chieftain who would swear their allegiance to a more powerful leader who served in theory as leader of all the Zokhian settlements, in practice however the independent chieftains retained a great deal of autonomy, and infighting among the settlements was not entirely unusual, additionally not all Zokhians were keen to forgo their raiding seafaring way of life and a number of tribes continued to act independently.

As the Zokhian territories expanded it brought them increasingly into interactions with other tribes often resulting in conflict.