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The '''history of [[Aldaar]]''' dates back to the emergence of the [[Orc|orcish]] species in the lower paleolithic era, with some theories suggesting that Orcs first evolved in the region. During the upper paleolithic era, humans migrated to the area, and would swiftly overtake orcs in population. The last group to emerge were the [[Vulpine#Variants|fennec vulpines]] at the tail end of the paleolithic. The harshness of the [[Anabat|Anabat's]] environment meant that cooperation was a crucial part of survival. Across the desert, hundreds of tribes were formed, although all were very culturally similar due to the fairly insulated environment.

Around 1000 BCE, various scientific developments allowed some communities to establish permanent settlements in more temperate areas, such as along the coast, in the southern mountains, and in the eastern steppes. It was also around this time that many smaller tribes began merging into the 7 tribes which have remained mainstays in Aldaar to this day - the [[Sashiinma]], [[Kaluurid]], [[Konayjad]], [[Liivela]], [[Tuulaya]], [[Naiika]], and [[Sujabwaal]]. For many centuries, the wider world considered the Anabat to be completely inhospitable, leading many around [[Gondwana]] to send their exiles into the desert to die, only for them to be rescued and integrated by the desert tribes. In the late 15th and early 16th centuries CE, global developments in naval technology meant that for the first time, the western ports of Aldaar were able to easily interact with merchants from foreign countries overseas such as [[Mirhaime]], [[Nystatiszna]], [[Auravas]], and many more.

 

=== Prehistory ===

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.

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.