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== History ==
=== Prehistory ===
==== Paleolithic ====
The first arrival of people to the Isles at roughly 30,000 BCE was likely the product of fishermen from Älemsi Negdel sailing eastward to find new fishing spots. Settlers to the new islands were mainly hunter-gatherers and formed nomadic lifestyles to survive the elements. Stone tools were widely in use throughout Kuduk, as well as early torches and hearths to keep people warm.
Many cave paintings during this period were often made using berries as pigments and cave walls as canvases. They can be found in excess near the western side of Kuduk.
==== Neolithic ====
With advancements into agricultural technology, many of the early Kuduk peoples, bar the ones living in the Great Plains, abandoned their nomadic way of life for a more sedentary lifestyle. These new villages were often small, comprised of only 2-3 clans that worked together to survive the winters. Many megalithic stone structures were created during this time period. Many speculate that it was an early form of religion that caused the neolithic peoples to create the megaliths.
==== Bronze Age ====
Although metallurgy existed prior to the Bronze Age, the metal tools created were often unusable and brittle. When tin was discovered and alloyed with copper, bronze became a highly used material that was often sought out for. The high demand for bronze caused many early villages to begin establishing contact with their far away neighbors for trade. This newfound interconnectivity within the Isles is often accredited to the cause of the Great Kuduk Migrations, in which several thousands of people from all sorts of Tribes migrated across the Isles in search of resources.
The bronze trade coupled with the sedentary lifestyles of the people caused a political explosion, in which several Clans and Villages gained immense local power. Some Villages had even begun establishing alliances or even politically merging with neighboring settlements, creating a new type of political entity, the Tribe. The Qaanuk, the first ever tribe to have existed in Kuduk, are a fantastic example of the newfound power the bronze trade brought to Kuduk.
With the new bronze tools at the disposal of the Kuduk people, agriculture also saw a boost in efficiency. This saw the rise of the Wheat Chiefdoms, in which multiple villages, headed by a hereditary Chief, rose to power via the new agricultural tools and methods available to them. The Bronze Age, as propserous as it was, would eventually come to an end by a variety of factors including but not limited to: the over-reliance and inevitable depletion of bronze, worsening environmental factors, and worsening intertribal conflicts.
==== Dark Age ====
The Kuduk Dark Age is a period of transition in Kuduk history between the Bronze and Iron Age. Not much is known about the Dark Ages, however it is known that this period of time was heavily detrimental to many of the existing societal foundations that had previously dominated many of the aspects of life in Kuduk. Famine, raids, and poverty were extremely common during this period and were only alleviated when tribes across the isles began switching from bronze to iron as their main resource.
=== Classical Kuduk ===
==== Iron Age ====
==== Antiquity ====
=== Middle Ages ===
==== Early Middle Ages ====
==== Late Middle Ages ====
=== Early Modern ===
=== Modern ===
== Economy ==
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