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A series of military defeats from eastern tribes in the 6th Century CE largely ended Ni-Rao's expansion to the east. Also around this time, the era of pyramid building began to decline, as the economy had since weakened and labor was needed in agriculture rather than in the service of the Emperors to build tombs. Ni-Rao's borders would remain largely fixed for some four hundred years. This era of stagnation is known as the First Dark Age of Ni-Rao, although in contrast to the name the general populace was not largely suffering, and there were significant improvements made to agriculture, roads, and defensive fortifications on the frontier. Expansion began to pick up again in 900 CE, focused primarily on expanding into the north, across the mountains of the Danvreas Range.
The western portion of the Danvreas Range is relatively shorter than the rest of the range, especially in the westernmost spur that curves southward and forms the southern border of what is today the [[Bana|Federation of Bana]]. There is a pass in the mountains near the Lakes of the Four Sisters that Ni-Rao used to expand northward into what are today [[
===Decline===
[[File:Ni rao 1300CE.png|left|200px|thumb|The approximate territorial maximum of Ni-Rao, in 1300 CE. The area is approximately 1.5 million sq km.]]
Ni-Rao reached its territorial maximum in approximately 1300 CE. At that time, in addition to its traditional holdings in the eastern gulf coastal lowlands and highlands, it also held significant holdings in the north, reaching as far north as what is today [[Bana]] and controlling part of King's Island in what is now [[Tavaris]]. To the west, Ni-Rao established a colony in [[Reijia]] and held significant holdings along the Strait of Khaj. However, also at around 1300 CE, the various Tavari elven tribes consolidated into a single Kingdom of [[
In about 1400, a plague struck Ni-Rao that was quickly expanded across the entire empire in part, it is believed, by rats that were hidden among the cargo of various traveling merchants. The plague reached, and struck particularly hard in, the northern reaches that had less stable supply lines and infrastructure. However, all areas of the country were affected by the plague, and between 1400 and 1500 CE, approximately 1 out of every 6 residents of the country died. The plague did not affect non-felines, however, meaning the humans and elves opposed to them were made relatively stronger as Ni-Rao was weakened. In 1448, [[Reijia]] became independent after a local lord purchased the right to be the King of Reijia from the Raonite crown. Ni-Rao held on to the region surrounding what is now Ranisport until about 1550, but continued organized military opposition from Bana led to their withdrawal back to the south of the Danvreas Range. By the turn of the 17th century, due to military losses and economic decline, Ni-Rao had effectively shrunk to an area with similar boundaries to what is currently South Ni-Rao.
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