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[[File:Lǎo Chéngqū Village.png|200px|thumb|left|Lǎo Chéngqū Village was unearthed in 2018 and was dated to have been built roughly 900-1000 years ago]]
A study conducted in 2003 concluded that the Sokalan islands were a hotbed for trade. According to the study, the Sokalan islands originally only had [[Tagisla]] speaking tribes until traders fromand [[JustelvardDurdneelian]] arrivedspeaking intribes north-westernprior aroundto the 1000sarrival of while traders from [[Fuso]] arrived in north-eastern Sokala around the 1100s. These traders would later create small trading communities in the coastal areas. An example of these old trading communities is the [[Lǎo Chéngqū Village]] found in southern [[Diyu]]. Lǎo Chéngqū is believed to be one of the first villages built by [[Fuso|Fusoan]] traders. These trading communities would soon grow to coastal kingdoms with many Tagislan and Durdneelian tribes allying with the newcomers as recorded by the [[Silangan Tablets]], stone slabs inscribed in Old Tagisla detailing the alliance between 15 Tagislan tribes and Lǎo Chéngqū Village. The distance between the Justelvardic and Fusoan settlements and their origins would result in the creation of proto-Diyuhan and proto-Durdneelian languages.
BothThe Fusoan settlements would grow sporadically, growing large enough to even rival the largest Tagislan tribes: the [[Silangan]], [[Baduyaw]], [[Tagupad]], [[Dumadag]], and [[Meri Laulu]] tribes. The Justelvardic settlement would soon be dubbed ''durdneel'' by the Tagislan tribes. ''Durdneel'' is a bastardization of the Justelvardic words ''durdrum'', which means a loud noise, and ''dreel'', which means drill. According to Tagislan writing, the reasoning for this was that The Fusoan settlement would later be dubbed "Diyuhan", another bastardization of the combination of the words ''diyu'', which meant 'hell', and ''han'', which means 'to contain'. Those that didn't ally with Durdneel or Diyuhan would ally with the largest Tagislan tribes for protection.
===Early states===
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