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The '''Great Khanate of Alva''' is a republic located in the north-central region of the continent of [[Yasteria]], sharing borders with [[Triga]], [[Numenar]], and [[Hama]]. Primarily populated by elves, Alva claims to be the successor to the Khanate of Alva that existed in some form as early as 1200 BC, and claims that Alva is the "original homeland" of elves on Urth.
==History==
The region which now contains Alva has been inhabited by hominid life for millions of years. Elves as well as humans, lupines, and vulpines have existed in northern Yasteria since prehistory. While the exact time and location of the first elven civilizations is disputed, it is known that inland north-east central Yasteria was predominately populated by elves by the mid-to-late Neolithic period. Inscriptions on stone tablets and in pottery as early as 3400 BC feature a kind of proto-writing that is today called the Urgabom Script, named after the city in what is now Alva where it was first discovered. Urgabom Script is the first script known to be created by elves, although it has not yet been translated and scholars disagree on whether it truly encodes a language. The Urgabom Script Civilization is believed to have begun to build urban-like settlements before a drought or other disaster severely reduced the population sometime around 2500 BC.
While there was always elven habitation of the region, none of the people there used writing for several centuries after the Urgabom Script writers disappeared. Instead, a largely nomadic society arose, with small tribes moving across the steppes with grazing livestock such as goats and cattle. It was not until more than a thousand years later, in approximately 1200 BC, that I will finish this later aksjdnaksjd
[[Category:Nations]][[Category:Yasteria]][[Category:Acronis]]
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