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'''Aldaar''' (Asahri: ''الدار)'', officially '''The Divine Republic of Aldaar''' (''جمهورية'' ''الدار'' ''الالهية'' [jum-HUUR-yat al-DAAR a-laa-la-HII-ya]) is a theocratic republic located in the Anabat Desert of Alaria, a subcontinent of [[Gondwana]]. It borders [[Askaraban]] to the south and the [[Pacific Ocean]] to the west. The Aldaari city of [[Hasa]] is the birthplace of the national [[Dawra]] religion, and Aldaar's capital and most populous city is the coastal city of [[Mukarras]].
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== History ==
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It's widely accepted that the very first sapient species to settle the Anabat desert were Orcs, with the first definitive evidence coming from about 200,000 BCE. However, some believe that fossils found near the Anabat which date back over 400,000 years prove that Orcs have inhabited Aldaar for almost their entire evolutionary history. Knowledge of migration patterns, the desertification process, and the lack of many archeological investigations within Aldaar have caused two main competing theories to emerge. The first theory states that Orcs migrated to the Anabat due to a mixture of social exile and natural movement patterns, given that the desert boasts a large variety of flora and fauna that could have supported small hunter-gatherer societies that were constantly on the move and looking to avoid overusing land during a minor population boom. However, a less substantiated theory more supported by the general public aims to prove that the Anabat was the original location of Orcish evolution, and that instead of Orcs migrating inwards ''to'' Aldaar ''despite'' desertification, Orcs migrated outwards ''from'' Aldaar ''because of'' desertification. Interestingly, this view is supported by large numbers of the Aldaari Orcish population, who claim it as a source of pride.
[[File:AldaarCavePaintings.jpg|thumb|Cave drawings found near the Aldaari city of [[Hasa|Hasa.]] Orcs were typically depicted as larger, with extremely notable tusks, leading many to believe this depicts the arrival of Human hunters.]]
The first evidence of Human settlement in Aldaar comes from about 60,000 BCE, in the form of cave paintings found in the southern mountain ranges. Utilizing bows while much of the previous populace was still using much less resource-intensive slings, new Human bands were able to hunt much more efficiently leading to a greater food surplus. This, combined with the fact that Humans required far less calories to survive than Orcs did, would make Humans the dominant species in Aldaar about 10,000 years after they first arrived. Despite this demographic shift, Orcs and Humans were extremely cooperative and frequently worked together, with there being evidence to support the idea that they even formed tribes together. Contrary to many societies, division of labor tended to be split along species, with the more resilient orcs gathering and fishing and the quicker, smaller humans being the hunters; there is no evidence to suggest that gender or sex played any specific societal role in the majority of Aldaari tribes.
Aldaari Vulpines (also called Fennec Vulpines) were first living in the desert in about 34,000 BCE, at which point they entered the larger societal structure and began to largely take the hunting roles from Humans, due to Fennec Vulpines' natural camouflage, smaller stature, enhanced senses, and increased heat tolerance. It is currently unknown exactly how Fennec Vulpines evolved, but as with many archeological and anthropological debates around Aldaar, there are two main competing schools of thought. The first is that groups of Vulpines split off from Yasterian Vulpines and followed waves of humans migrating to Gondwana. From there, Vulpines traced through the exact same evolutionary adaptations as non-sapient fennec foxes, making them distinct from both Northern and Southern Vulpines. This theory is regularly criticized for the sheer distance between Gondwana and Yasteria, however, proponents suggest that Vulpines followed Humans migrating through Novaris. The other theory is that Aldaari Vulpines evolved completely separately from Yasterian Vulpines and share traits mostly due to the fact that they both developed from foxes. Critics of the theory point out the extremely short evolutionary timeline, which is countered by claims that Fennec Vulpines evolved prior to the first evidence of them, and the extreme coincidence of two separate sapient species developing that similarly to one another, which is generally countered by the fact that the sheer number of sapient species on Urth already seems to be a scientific anomaly, so by raw percentages it isn't actually that unrealistic compared to what's already been proven.
One of the most important developments during the prehistoric period of Aldaari history was the advent of trading societies, with some entire tribes dedicated solely to trade. These tribes would take raw materials such as fabric, clay, and beads, and would craft them into goods such as rugs, jewelry, pottery, clothing, and even high-end weaponry. These finished products would then be traded for basic resources, such as food, as well as more raw materials. Trade was largely within Aldaari tribes, but some southern tribes would also trade with those across the southern mountain range, who tended to have more centralized groups. Eventually, the weight of goods combined with the harsh reality of desert travel would lead to the development of one of Urth's first currencies, as Aldaari tribes rapidly adopted the use of shells as placeholders for physical goods around 20,000 BCE. This also led to a strong culture of Aldaari craftsmanship which has carried on into the 21st century.
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