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== History ==

Mekedesh is one of if not the longest inhabited province of Packilvania, with premodern sentient beings having roamed the land as hunter gathered with rudimentary use of primitive tools that was eventually inherited by the modern species namely the Felines who eventually settled in sedentary settlements and developed crop farming and animal husbandry. Nevertheless nomadic was prevalent to the north of the province where the dry weather and harsh landscape required the people to migrate with their animals to seasonal areas of grass and water.

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| caption1 = Kunakhtumay Amphitheater believed to be built in the 1st millenium BCE is one of the oldest standing amphitheaters of the Jyptonite civilisation

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| caption2 = The Tamjour Temple was built in the first century CE, and was among the last great construction projects of the Jyptonite civilisation before it collapsed shortly after

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During the Iron and Bronze Ages, Mekedesh had small city states that exerted influence on vassals living in homesteads and villages in the country sides. In this era notable empires auch as the Jyptonite Empire whise various iterations ruled over the southern coasts and the area along the Meked River for centuries developing writing, science, mathematics, literature, and constructing impressive architectural marvels that stand to this day. The Jyptonites were ruled by several dynasties that observed a mix of henotheistic and monotheistic religions centred on a feminine deity reminiscent of Noi, which in part demonstrates the cultural exchange between their civilisation and that of Ashura at the time.

With the spread of [[Paxism]] from Ashura via the teachings of [[Prophet Besmali]] and his disciples, and conquest by the northern Kingdoms, gradually over many years. The architecture and customs of the Jyptonites was supplanted by the Ashurian kingdoms which spread starting in the first fee centuries CE. Jyptonite culture had all but vanished in the 3rd century CE with many of their ruins being relatively well preserved as remnants of a dead civilisation and many of ots people assimilated to the Ashurian way of life. Most notably, when the Kingdom of Bingol spread a different version of Paxism from that inherited from the Kingdom of Yehudah, King Iktan the Devout of Bakil conquered Mekedesh which remained under Iktanite rule until the 11th century when parts of its were ruled by the Magisterium of Paxism based in Adrien and the branches and descendants of the Iktanites.

From the Principality of Tashkar in Mekedesh, King [[Ishak I|Ishak the Great]] would reestablish Packilvania, inheriting the systems and traditions of the ancient Bakilians while incorporating those of Mekedesh that propagated to the rest of the realms of the [[Zubraynite dynasty]]. Their rule was characterised by a mix of results. There was a massive plague for over 100 years starting in the 14th century that wiped out over 20% of the population and gave rise to a massive cultural shift that enabled vassals and serfs of aristocratic lords to have more leverage over them and led to their demands for better rights and social standing with legal precepts from this era forming part of the modern Canon law of Paxism. The area was prone to wild fires and other natural disasters which are estimated to have killed millions.

In the 17th century, the human dynasty of the Demirs invaded after High King Uden II failed to pay debts to the Fidakarian Crown. The nobles of the Mekedesh realms submitted to the Fidakarians and recognised their authority as Sultans as long prophesied by Prophet Sohadek. Although human rule was initially benevolent, it gradually devolved to hostility and oppression of the local Felines resulting in speciestic and segragationist policies that saw many Felines deprived of the same opportunities as humans except for a select few who administered the rule of the humans on their behalf. When the Demirs fell, the [[Packilvanian Communist Party]] exacted horrofying pogroms against the vibrant population of humans in Mekedesh with many being killed in concentration camps or shipped to other parts of the country.