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With the consolidation of power over the mainland, Heterad began to look to trade and external relations to build up strength, while maintaining the defensive infrastructure and army culture that had developed out of the Two Kingdoms Era. Even after defeating the Pridrani, however, Kalan was still able to maintain naval and trade hegemony over the region, till the famines of the 1500s BCE. The Heteradi would capitalize on the weakness of the Kalan, invading and taking control of the island in the early 1400s BCE and becoming the dominant power in the region. From there, Heterad wealth grew as they could now trade unrivaled and be a major player in other trade as well. Under the Heterad, knowledge of navigation would rise to levels unprecedented for the time period.
The Heterad script is the oldest deciphered script present in Auravas, and unearthed Heterad writings have greatly contributed to archeologists' understanding of the political structure of the Heterad Civilization to an extend not reached in the study of the Kalan Civilization. The Heterad Civilization was likely a federated system of polities based on major sites which these polities were governed from, under a higher level government based on the Auravasi mainland. As many of the records unearthed involve administration, it is likely that Heterad civilization was highly systemized, with consistent language and regulated resource collection and distribution. The Heterad would also shift back to rule by king, or Istos, though it kept many aspects of the military rule that characterized it in the past, such as the Istos also serving the role of the leader of the military. The next level of Heterad governance was the Datra council, which likely served a religious role. On the polity level, a governor was appointed by the Istos, who would assemble a council of elders to organize and govern the polities. It is unlikely that the Heterad practiced a large degree of slavery, as evidence points to society being organized into two groups of free men, the political administrators and the general people. It is believed that Kalan influences led to women continuing to enjoy a high standard of living and autonomy.
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The Kingdom of Tasirad was already in decline by the time of its crushing defeat at the hands of the Dictrian Coalition due to constant war with the rising mainland and a decline of regional power, and the war sealed its grave, as regional magnates refused to recognize the authority of the crown. The removal of a uniting authority initiated a bloody civil war period on the island, lasting until the Peace of the Vultures in 463, in which the Kingdom of Dukala subjugated a number of Kalan states and bound the rest in an alliance framework that forbade internal conflicts, reuniting the island under an, albeit much more decentralized, authority.
The states in southern Auravas lied in a much more precarious position, sandwiched by the Uravi sphere of influence, the Dukalan sphere of influence, and [whatever dead decides to do rn]. Many states, especially those closer to the great powers, became the subject of devastating proxy wars, and those who exercised a greater degree of independence were engaged in constant war with each other. Many of these wars had religious undertones, such as the ''Temple War'' ''(446-441 BCE)'', fought over a valuable holy site in the Kaskadan Spine
In 403 BCE, the king of Sarti, one of the largest states in southern Auravas, died without a legitimate heir, beginning another proxy war between Urav and Dukala, who both backed a candidate to the throne. Worried by how much an Uravi or Dukalan influence the subjugation of Sarti would bring to the region, the Shviesist League decided to enter the war and support their own candidate to the throne in the 3 way ''Sarti War of Succession (403-378 BCE).'' In the end, the League prevailed due to Urav and Dukala being weakened by their previous constant conflicts and then a number of major revolts that erupted in the 380s BCE in both spheres of influence. This conflict would devastate ancient Auravas, bringing the Urbanization period to a bloody end.
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